what about geopolitical uncertainty? what about trade. she implied _ geopolitical uncertainty? what about trade. she implied the _ geopolitical uncertainty? what about trade. she implied the eu _ geopolitical uncertainty? what about trade. she implied the eu could - trade. she implied the eu could terminate this trade deal with china. how important is the deal for both the eu and china? i china. how important is the deal for both the eu and china?— china. how important is the deal for both the eu and china? i mean, that trade deal is — both the eu and china? i mean, that trade deal is dead _ both the eu and china? i mean, that trade deal is dead in _ both the eu and china? i mean, that trade deal is dead in the _ both the eu and china? i mean, that trade deal is dead in the water, - both the eu and china? i mean, that trade deal is dead in the water, it. trade deal is dead in the water, it never got past the european parliament because of human rights issue that blew up, and the counter sanctions. i don't think either side realistically expects that to go ahead. ,, u, ., realistically expects that to go ahead. ,, h, ., u, , ., ahead. she called on eu countries to use faster tools _ ahead. she called on eu countries to use faster tools against _ ahead. she called on eu countries to use faster tools against china, - use faster tools against china, including screening of foreign subsidies. what economic impact could help?— subsidies. what economic impact could help? yes, so the european commission _ could help? yes, so the european commission consul— could help? yes, so the european commission consul and _ could help? yes, so the european| commission consul and parliament have agreed on some new tools, but the basic idea is it allows the european union to act together in

response to actions by the countries such as china. economic coercion, so things like imposing trade barriers on european exports to china, in response to these issues. that is the kind of area, and allows the eu to work together, rather than country by country. i guess the question is, will the eu, because it is still a political decision to take action in response to china, or other countries, and i think that remains to be seen. there are different interests here. for example, germany still has very strong trade and investment links with china. and has been lenient against the toughest stance. she said the eu _ against the toughest stance. she said the eu need to define its future relationship with china in areas like quantum computing,

robotics, ai. where will that relationship go? i robotics, ai. where will that relationship go?— robotics, ai. where will that relationship go? robotics, ai. where will that relationshi no? ~' �*, ., relationship go? i think there's an emhasis relationship go? i think there's an emphasis in _ relationship go? i think there's an emphasis in europe, _ relationship go? i think there's an emphasis in europe, as _ relationship go? i think there's an emphasis in europe, as well- relationship go? i think there's an emphasis in europe, as well as i emphasis in europe, as well as elsewhere in the world, and greater economic security, which means not being dependent on other countries for critical areas, so that includes the ai, the electronics. it also includes things like, she was citing data such as the eu is 97% dependent on china for the pm. obviously, your plays a great importance on sustainability, green energy, electric vehicles. but in order for the eu to have a secure industrial production of these industries, it will have to develop its own domestic sector. i think that will be a strong emphasis for her, but it

will take a while, it will take years, if not decades, to really develop these industries. some of them small in europe.— develop these industries. some of them small in europe. great to get our them small in europe. great to get your analysis- _ to the us now — where the former ceo of starbucks howard schulz has denied allegations of �*illegal union busting' — during a tense appearance before the us senate. labour union officials have repeatedly accused the coffee giant of breaching federal laws, including by wrongfully firing workers. as a result, mr schultz, who stepped down as starbucks' boss this month, was called to appear before congress. our north america business correspondent michelle fleury was watching the proceedings. starbucks' former ceo was in the hot seat at a us senate hearing on wednesday. the billionaire came in for sharp criticism from bernie sanders. over the past 18 months starbucks has waged the most aggressive and illegal union—busting campaign in the modern history

of our country. in response, howard schultz affirmed the rights of workers to unionise and defended the company's actions. mr chairman, let me say under oath, these are allegations that starbucks has not broken the law. mr schultz said starbucks had negotiated in good faith with employees seeking to unionise and obtain collected benefits. maggie carter testified otherwise. my partners, along with thousands of partners across the country- still do not have access to these - benefits are no do we have a company that is willing to sit - across the table with us and bargain forthem. officials of the federal agency that oversees unionisation efforts in america say the coffee chain did violate us labour law on more than a dozen occasions in response

to union campaigns at its stores. roughly 290 of almost 9,000 company—owned stores had voted to unionise. however, workers have yet to sign a union contract at single location. you up—to—date on all the business stories. i am you up—to—date on all the business stories. iam back later. you you up—to—date on all the business stories. i am back later. you can keep up—to—date on twitter. we have put forward some information, following our homicide investigation of a fatal shooting by a police officer on the five december 2022 in south london. this

was a tragic incident and our investigators have been working hard to ensure a conference —— comprehensive investigation has taken place. he was shot on the fifth december, the police have followed the car he was travelling in. it was staffed in south london, where one alert was discharge and an officer had fired at chris. he dies in hospital. a few days later, the independent office opt better investigation to a homicide investigation and ultimately the family have been campaigning tirelessly forjustice

campaigning tirelessly for justice for their son. campaigning tirelessly forjustice for their son. they want to know why he was killed, and the circumstances that led up to that case. today, this morning, the independent office for police conduct has announced it has now referred its file of evidence to the crown prosecution service, who will now decide whether or not to bring a prosecution in relation to the murder of chris. research in britain has found that premier league football clubs, players and their agents may have used a tax avoidance scheme to get out of paying hundreds of millions of dollars in tax in recent years. the report seen by the bbc suggests they have used a dual representation tax structure, where an agent says they are representing the player and the club buying the player, to avoid playing millions in taxes since twenty—nineteen. newsnight�*s ben chu reports. is something rotten in the state of football when it comes to tax on agent's fees?

research seen by bbc newsnight suggests premier league clubs might have avoided hundreds of millions of pounds of tax that ought to be paid when players are signed or move clubs. it hinges on something called �*dual representation' in football transfers. this is where the agent is getting paid by both the player, who they represent, and also by the club who is buying the player. when a football player pays their agent's fee out of their own pocket, that transaction attracts income tax, national insurance and vat. but if half of that agent's fee is paid directly by the club, that half of the fee attracts none of these taxes. so we've been able to use fa published data and some conservative statistical assumptions to estimate that over three years, 250 million quid was not paid in tax that should have been paid. and over seven years, a70 million — so that's almost half a billion quid failed to be paid. it's estimated that of the £81

million that wasn't paid by the league because of dual representation agent fees in 2021, manchester city accounted for 10.9 million. this was followed by manchester united with ten million and liverpool with 8.1 million. newsnight understands hmrc is investigating the use of dual representation by top clubs, but they haven't told us which clubs. and the public accounts committee, which scrutinises hmrc on behalf of parliament and all of us, they want answers and action too. given the information that you and i have seen, i can't see why hmrc isn't clamping down pretty quickly right now. the key thing is we've got our beady eye on both how hmrc are dealing with this, but also this big tax avoidance issue. all premier league clubs declined to comment, but the association of football agents insisted that most are genuinely providing services to clubs too and so dual representation schemes are tax compliant. a top sports barrister agrees.

well, in most cases, and certainly nearly all the cases i see, there are genuine services provided for clubs that clubs really value. the question in each case is, are those services provided and does then the transaction reflect that reality? and i genuinely believe in most cases it does. hmrc said... the key questions which need to be answered, is the beautiful game really paying its fair share of tax? and are the tax authorities on the ball? ben chu, bbc news. we are back with more on the speech of king charles in germany, and the po's help, and the fact that us

journalist has been arrested in moscow —— and the pope's health. hello there. the last couple of days of march remain unsettled with low pressure always nearby. in fact, we could see a stormy spell of weather across southern parts of britain as we move through tonight and into tomorrow morning. but certainly this afternoon is going to be one of sunny spells and scattered showers, some of which will be heavy and thundery, especially through the midlands, eastern england, this is where we're likely to see some of the heaviest showers. we'll also see lines of showers developing, for example, south west england across into the home counties. fewer showers for scotland, northern ireland. probably the best chance of staying dry altogether will be the north east of scotland, but a very mild day to come across the board — we could be up to 17 degrees across eastern areas in the sunny spells. it stays quiet across northern areas this evening and overnight, but it turns stormy across the south, the deep area of low pressure moves in to bring a spell of gates and heavy rain certainly

across south west england, along the south coast, in towards the channel islands. and it'll be mild — double figure values here, quite fresh rurther north where we have the clear skies and lighter winds. that area of low pressure will be spreading across the midlands, pushing into the near continent. the strongest of the winds will be on its southern flank, you can see the isobars packed together there. 50 friday morning, quite a stormy start in the south wales, south west england, along the south coast through the channel islands, gusts in excess of 60 miles an hour and exposure to some huge waves crashing about. so that's likely to cause some disruption here. along with it, there'll be some showery rain, but a quieter story further north, quite a bit of cloud around. cooler winds coming in off the north sea so a little bit fresher here, certainly along north sea coast, but a cooler day generally. this weekend high pressure starts to build in, it settles things down but it will also turn cooler as our air source will be coming in from a north northeast direction. that area of low pressure takes its time to pull away. eventually it does take in the weather fronts with it on saturday. by sunday, this area of high

pressure will be building in across the country, so a better chance of staying dry, i think for many. but rather cloudy day for saturday, weather front draped across northern ireland, wales, the midlands, southern england could bring further outbreaks of rain, a little bit of drizzle also moving in off the north sea across eastern england. and a cooler day to come — eight to maybe 12 or 13 in the south. a better chance of seeing some sunshine and dry weather on sunday, certainly for england and wales, much of southern scotland, a bit of cloud further north and west. but a fine day to come, i think, for many but it will feel cooler across the board. take care.

this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm geeta guru—murthy. our top stories... king charles addresses the german parliament — expressing his shock over the destruction caused by the war in ukraine. translation: since i last spoke in this building, the scourge - of war is back in europe. the unprovoked invasion of ukraine has inflicted the most unimaginable suffering on so many innocent people. the vatican says pope francis' health is improving, as he continues to be treated in hospitalfor a respiratory infection.

yes, the vatican says the pope rested — yes, the vatican says the pope rested well at this hospital overnight. he was able to have some breakfast, _ overnight. he was able to have some breakfast, read the papers and is said to _ breakfast, read the papers and is said to be — breakfast, read the papers and is said to be doing well. the breakfast, read the papers and is said to be doing well.— said to be doing well. the blood test bein: said to be doing well. the blood test being trout _ said to be doing well. the blood test being trout that _ said to be doing well. the blood test being trout that could - said to be doing well. the blood | test being trout that could spare thousands of bowel cancer nations unnecessary chemotherapy. and one of the biggest creatures ever to walk the earth — a patagotitan dinosaur — goes on display at the natural history museum in london. hello, and welcome to bbc news. king charles has addressed germany's federal parliament, the budestag, as part of his first overseas tour as monarch. the king used his speech to highlight relations between the uk and germany — he also thanked the german people for their kindness after his mother the queen's death,

and praised what he described as the "vital leadership" shown by both countries over the war in ukraine. the speech marks the first time a british monarch has addressed germany's pa rlimament. let's hear some of what he had to say. translation: since i last spoke in this building. _ translation: since i last spoke in this building, the _ translation: since i last spoke in this building, the scourge _ translation: since i last spoke in this building, the scourge of- translation: since i last spoke in this building, the scourge of war i translation: since i last spoke in this building, the scourge of war is| this building, the scourge of war is backin this building, the scourge of war is back in europe. the unprovoked invasion of ukraine has inflicted the most unimaginable suffering on so many innocent people. countless lives have been destroyed. freedom and human dignity have been trampled in the most brutal way. the security of europe has been threatened, as

are our democratic values threatened. but the world has not merely stood by. even as they are poor the appalling scenes of destruction, we can take heart from our unity. —— even as we add more. the defence of ukraine, peace and freedom. king charles there. we did take the whole speech when it was live in the last hour. jenny hill is in berlin. was it quite surprisingly political in content, that part of the speech, when the king was talking about ukraine? he described it as an unprovoked invasion. of course, not all countries see it like that. would you make of what he said on

ukraine in particular? the would you make of what he said on ukraine in particular?— ukraine in particular? the words were strong _ ukraine in particular? the words were strong but _ ukraine in particular? the words were strong but i _ ukraine in particular? the words were strong but i think - ukraine in particular? the words were strong but i think the - ukraine in particular? the words - were strong but i think the message was an expected one, and that is because he is here in berlin because the british government won't post—brexit to rebuild some of their relationships with mainland europe. he should have gone to france before he came to germany. the fact that he has come to the heart of europe for his very first overseas visit as british monarch tells you all you need to know about what the british government pass priorities currently are. we have seen so much focus on common challenges, common problems, and the war in ukraine is of course one of theirs. i think that is why his words were so strong. he wants to emphasise the need to continue to work together. he said that the response to the war in ukraine showed the unity between britain and germany, one of many examples, but they need to continue to face those challenges together. he talks of

course about climate change. the message he has been sent here to deliver. it does not surprise me that the topic came up or that perhaps his words were rather stronger than one might have expected from his mother, the late queen elizabeth.— queen elizabeth. your quite right. that contrasted _ queen elizabeth. your quite right. that contrasted seem _ queen elizabeth. your quite right. that contrasted seem quite - queen elizabeth. your quite right. i that contrasted seem quite obvious, didn't it? and he did talk about his mother how she had been with her husband on a number of visits to germany, historic family links between the royalfamily germany, historic family links between the royal family and those families in germany. but very interesting to hear talk of the reconciliation very nature of those visits after the war.— visits after the war. yeah, i think this was a _ visits after the war. yeah, i think this was a really _ visits after the war. yeah, i think this was a really carefully - visits after the war. yeah, i think this was a really carefully crafted j this was a really carefully crafted speech which was designed, it was peppered with references to the ties that bind the two countries. yes, we heard the historical ties, the cultural ties, the economic, the sporting. even making a bit of a joke about football rivalry. but also the personal ties. it is a very

clever speech in that respect, he looked at the wider picture but then brought it back to the personal picture. he knows that his mother was held in great respect here. many germans very fond of her. and he actually at one point said that perhaps the reason for that was that she represented the spirit of reconciliation after world war ii for many people here. you and he was very grateful for the message of sympathy he received after she died. but again, this was all to prepare the ground for that message. let us keep working together. he actually said, i want to pledge today that we renew our friendship between the two countries. you know, he is talking to the converted, preaching to the converted. germany wants those ties renewing, too. it suits germany to have a good relationship with post—brexit britain. and so he got the long applause, he got the spending of engine —— standing ovation. he did not mention the b

word, but it felt as though brexit hungin word, but it felt as though brexit hung in the air a few times, particularly when he told about close trading relations and scientific cooperation. we know that in this post—brexit world, both of those areas have been tricky to coordinate. and that was something that you almost felt he was hinting at but never actually came out and directly referred to. at the moment, i would say mission accomplished. he was sent here to try to make sure that britain was clear to germany that britain was clear to germany that it wants good, strong relationship with its eu neighbours, and i think no one in that band the stack today will leave in any doubt that that is what britain is wanted. —— bundestag. the german president did mention brexit yesterday and has had people were that brexit had happened. of course, the change in relationship, despite britain having a pro—brexit prime minister in rishi sunak, is very much been driven in part by ukraine. we have also seen ursula von der leyen warning about

the threat from china. 50 the global change in dynamics has really changed this european relationship in part, hasn't it?— changed this european relationship in part, hasn't it? yeah, and viewed from germany _ in part, hasn't it? yeah, and viewed from germany the _ in part, hasn't it? yeah, and viewed from germany the sense _ in part, hasn't it? yeah, and viewed from germany the sense here - in part, hasn't it? yeah, and viewed from germany the sense here is - in part, hasn't it? yeah, and viewed| from germany the sense here is that germans were very sad about brexit, they did not think it was a good idea. now theyjust they did not think it was a good idea. now they just want to move they did not think it was a good idea. now theyjust want to move on. he read headlines here about the brexit chaos. and i think that is why king charles has been so warmly received, one of the reasons. this message, let's all move on, let's reset those relationships is a very welcome one here. later today, king charles will be visiting a military unit comprising german and british soldiers, engineers. i'm not quite sure whether they will go this far, but it would not surprise me at all if we actually saw some physical urge building going on later on. jenny, maybe you know something that we don't. thank you very much indeed. ijust want we don't. thank you very much indeed. i just want to show you some of the life pictures we are getting of the life pictures we are getting of king charles's latest movements there. in germany, where he is

meeting some ukrainian refugees. there is strikingly strong words in his speech about ukraine, talking about the destruction, the countless numbers of lives of course lost, the security of europe under threat. and germany and britain coming together, along with allies, in defence of ukraine's peace and freedom. in saying that germany and the germany showed vital leadership, and he also praised germans significant military support, saying that it was courageous and very much appreciated. so courageous and very much appreciated. 50 king charles meeting some ukrainian refugees. he praised as well in the last 2a hours the fact that germany had taken so many refugees from ukraine. within the last year. let's move on away from

that visit in germany. the vatican says pope francis's health has improved after he was hospitalised with a respiratory infection, a day after the 86—year—old was admitted with breathing difficulties. a spokesman said he rested well during the night and had resumed work at the hospital. they also confirmed he was not suffering from covid. i'm joined now from rome by our europe correspondent nick beake. tell us what we know about the pope's help at the moment. this is the sort of — pope's help at the moment. this is the sort of a _ pope's help at the moment. this is the sort of a new— pope's help at the moment. this is the sort of a new pet _ pope's help at the moment. this is the sort of a new pet millions - pope's help at the moment. this is the sort of a new pet millions of i the sort of a new pet millions of catholics around the world were praying for, among them joe brydan the us president. he has the you spoke very proudly about his catholic faith. i could give you the vatican statement in full here, it was pretty short. it says that "his holiness pope francis rested well over night, his clinical charts showed a improvement and his planned

treatment is continuing. this morning after breakfast, he read some news papers, he resumed his work." it goes onto say that before work." it goes onto say that before work he went to a small chapel in his private accommodation where he prayed and received. very much the update that a lot of people were hoping for. we still do not know how long the pope will remain in this particular hospital. the place he always comes if he has planned surgery areee needs to make an unexpected visit. it certainly, for lots of catholics today, this was what they were having for overnight. what is the background on his health? we have seen him carrying out visits but often in a wheelchair. how well or unwell is he? it wheelchair. how well or unwell is he? , ., ., ~ ., he? it is hard to know the exact icture he? it is hard to know the exact picture because _ he? it is hard to know the exact picture because a _ he? it is hard to know the exact picture because a lot _ he? it is hard to know the exact picture because a lot of - he? it is hard to know the exact picture because a lot of that - he? it is hard to know the exact picture because a lot of that is i picture because a lot of that is kept private, but from when we see the pope in public it is obvious that he does have mobility issues and that is what he uses a wheelchair. he actually carried out his weekly audience yesterday and he seemed to be in good spirits but he was wincing somewhat as he was

moving away from the vatican, moving out of the public eye. in the past, backin out of the public eye. in the past, back in his 20s, he had part of his lung removed. that might well have left him more susceptible to rest between infections or lung problems or breathing difficulties. generally, he has been in pretty good health. back in 2021, he had a colon operation from which he seemed to recover pretty well. and if we look at the last few weeks, he has had a busy start to the year. he led the funeral service for his predecessor, benedict. justin next month, he went on a trip to africa. as i say, he was carrying out his duties yesterday. you're supposed to be go to hungary for another visit next month. i think the question at the moment as to what extent can he carry out the commitments he was really hoping to win this next week. it is a crucial week for catholics because we are approaching holy week, palm sunday, this coming sunday, lots and lots of things planned for that, a joyous occasion. you can be sure that he would want

to be a part of that, leading into holy week and all of the things we will see around easter sunday itself. i think for now a bit too early to say whether they will all go ahead as planned. but certainly, optimistic voices coming from both the hospital and the vatican in the last half an hour or so. find the hospital and the vatican in the last half an hour or so.— the hospital and the vatican in the last half an hour or so. and can you 'ust rive last half an hour or so. and can you just give us — last half an hour or so. and can you just give us a _ last half an hour or so. and can you just give us a very _ last half an hour or so. and can you just give us a very brief _ last half an hour or so. and can you just give us a very brief sense - last half an hour or so. and can you just give us a very brief sense of. just give us a very brief sense of what level of public interest there is in the pope's health where you are at the moment?— is in the pope's health where you are at the moment? yeah, there was immediately — are at the moment? yeah, there was immediately a _ are at the moment? yeah, there was immediately a response _ are at the moment? yeah, there was immediately a response from - immediately a response from president biden, who i mentioned in the united states, talking about the fact that millions of catholics would be thinking about him in his native argentina where the pope spent so many years. people were thinking about it very closely. and this is something that people do follow very, very carefully. they will have seen what happened yesterday and they will i'm sure have seen the statement has been put up have seen the statement has been put up for the vatican in the past 20 minutes or so.— up for the vatican in the past 20 minutes or so. ., ,, i. , . minutes or so. thank you very much indeed. minutes or so. thank you very much indeed- you — minutes or so. thank you very much indeed. you are _ minutes or so. thank you very much

indeed. you are watching _ minutes or so. thank you very much indeed. you are watching bbc- minutes or so. thank you very much | indeed. you are watching bbc news. we arejust going indeed. you are watching bbc news. we are just going to say goodbye to our viewers here in the uk who are watching on bbc two, but we continue on the bbc news channel and bbc world. thank you very much for being with us. continuing our coverage, and coastguards in the philippines are continuing their rescue efforts after a fire on board a passenger ferry killed nearly 30 people, including a six—month—old baby. dozens of passengers have been rescued afterjumping overboard, but officials say some drowned. the mv lady maryjoy was sailing overnight from zamboanga city to sulu province with many passengers asleep when the fire broke out. the ferry then drifted before running aground. more than 200 people were listed on board but officials say exact numbers are not known. russia pass security agency says it is rested a journalist working for

the wall streetjournal on charges of espionage. a russian foreign minstry spokesperson said they believe evan gershkovich was conducting activites "not related to journalism" on "assignment from the americans'" in a statement the wall streetjournal said it "vehemently denies the allegations from the fsb and seeks the immediate release of our trusted and dedicated reporter, evan gershkovich. we stand in solidarity with evan and his family" for more on this we can talk to sergei goryashko, journalist at bbc russian. he is beating to a court in moscow where most espionage cases are heard in russia, and presumably he will be taken to prison for the time while the investigation on him will be open. what we know about him? he

spent six years working in moscow working for different outlets. he started as a moscow times reporter, then he moved to the wall street journal team. then he moved to the wall street journalteam. he is then he moved to the wall street journal team. he is dedicated, intelligent reporter, he came to russia in 2000 and he speaks russian very well. he is one of the small number of foreign journalists who decided to stay in the country, even after russia started the invasion of ukraine. and he kept up his reporting from moscow. i made all those risks, like being accused of espionage. there were already cases of journalists espionage. there were already cases ofjournalists in russia accused of spying, ofjournalists in russia accused of spying, of transmitting secrets to

foreigners. a military observer has been sentenced to 22 years in prison in september 2022. hour been sentenced to 22 years in prison in september 2022.— in september 2022. how significant is this case going — in september 2022. how significant is this case going to _ in september 2022. how significant is this case going to be? _ in september 2022. how significant is this case going to be? because i in september 2022. how significant. is this case going to be? because we are seeing a little bit of reaction coming in. are seeing a little bit of reaction coming in— coming in. this is a clear signal for foreign _ coming in. this is a clear signal for foreign journalists - coming in. this is a clear signal for foreign journalists who - coming in. this is a clear signal for foreign journalists who are l for foreign journalists who are still working in russia that if they would like to keep their work and if they would like not being arrested, they would like not being arrested, the only thing they can do is transmit official lines from the russian government and nothing else. because any sort of gathering information in russia, reporting something that contradicts the official line, can be considered espionage, as hostile actions, and considered as spying. and the person can be taken to court and arrested.

looks like a hostage for the russian regime and he probably could be exchanged for some russian agents who were arrested aboard in previous months, so be carefulfor journalists in russia has become very difficult. the journalists in russia has become very difficult-— very difficult. the kremlin spokesperson _ very difficult. the kremlin spokesperson saying - very difficult. the kremlin spokesperson saying that | very difficult. the kremlin i spokesperson saying that he very difficult. the kremlin - spokesperson saying that he was caught red handed. have we had any response from the us? how dangerous it is going to be? working for the wall streetjournal, that is a

prominent publication and the reaction of europe and the us is going to be very interesting to watch. , . , going to be very interesting to watch. , ., , ., , , watch. yes, that is absolutely true. we should mention _ watch. yes, that is absolutely true. we should mention that _ watch. yes, that is absolutely true. we should mention that this - watch. yes, that is absolutely true. we should mention that this is - watch. yes, that is absolutely true. we should mention that this is the | we should mention that this is the first time when a foreign journalist is arrested, accused of espionage in russia. it has never happened before in mother russia, in the last 30 years. so we should expect a very high profile reaction. from what we have heard, the white house is already in contact with the editors of the wall streetjournal. this is what cnn is reporting. obviously there would be a official reaction from the state department and from the white house as well. and i would expect a worldwide campaign in support of evan gershkovich. but as we know, usually russia doesn't look

very much at those campaigns and they don't pay enough attention on them. so they would keep evan gershkovich until they would establish any sort of agreement with the us counterparts about exchanging him for someone who has been arrested in the us and accused of espionage or something else. anyone russia would like to bring back to the home country. we also know that another american national is still held in a russian prison. also held and accused of espionage. he has spent nearly four years in russian prison. spent nearly four years in russian rison. . ~ spent nearly four years in russian rison. ., ~' ,, , spent nearly four years in russian rison. ., ,, i. , . four bankers who helped a close

friend of vladimir putin move millions of francs through swiss bank accounts have been convicted of lacking diligence in financial transactions. the financiers were found guilty of not doing enough to stop russian musician — the cellist sergei roldugin — launderfunds. i'm joined now by maria nizzero from the centre for financial crime and security studies at rusi. tell us a bit more about this case. thank you so much for having me. this case is a very basic case. under swiss law as well as under international regulations. financial institutions, and because of this obviously bankers, they are required to conduct complete due diligence on members who want to enter a business relationship. so they have to ask first of all who owns the assets and then obviously the follow—up question is who is the source of funds, how have they managed to get into possession of these funds? even

a couple of red flags, some questions may arise. if they cannot answer those questions, they should not enter in that business relationship. in this case, it turns out that accounts were opened and a swiss court found the bankers were guilty of not asking there is basic questions, some very important questions. questions, some very important questions-— questions, some very important ruestions. ., . questions. how much change has there been in different _ questions. how much change has there been in different european _ questions. how much change has there been in different european countries i been in different european countries after the european invasion on trying to stop money laundering? not only from russians, but from anyone. first of all, global financial centres, swiss as one important country, definitely have attracted money for a long time before russia's invasion of ukraine. but the invasion has done is highlighted the invasion has done is highlighted the role of dirty money and how it has been eroding our national

security. so definitely there has been a stepped—up response to this. in finance, been a stepped—up response to this. infinance, we been a stepped—up response to this. in finance, we are starting to see countries coming together. in this case, it is of significance because it shows that there is a reaction to conduct a proper compliance. just today, here in the uk, so we are seeing governments responding, a response to those who enable all of those fashionable enablers who help them do so with banks, lawyers, accountants. there is a whole system response we are seeing.— response we are seeing. there is a need to go — response we are seeing. there is a need to go much — response we are seeing. there is a need to go much further— response we are seeing. there is a need to go much further in - response we are seeing. there is a need to go much further in your i need to go much further in your view? ~ , ,., , , need to go much further in your view? ~ , , , , need to go much further in your view? absolutely. this is 'ust the first ste -. view? absolutely. this is 'ust the first step. regulation i view? absolutely. this is 'ust the first step. regulation is i view? absolutely. this isjust the first step. regulation isjust i view? absolutely. this isjust the first step. regulation isjust one | first step. regulation is just one of the three main pillars when we talk about the whole system response to dirty money. we have regulations, we have legislation. also, we have

enforcement. there has been proven a lack of compliance but now we know that potentially those assets did not belong to the specific individual. the question now is tracing that. that is for law enforcement, and we definitely need much more resources than we currently have now. we need time, we need specialists. and we need a combined response that takes into account the three pillars i have just mentioned. i account the three pillars i have just mentioned.— account the three pillars i have 'ust mentioned. ., �* ~ ., just mentioned. i don't know whether ou follow just mentioned. i don't know whether you follow the — just mentioned. i don't know whether you follow the details _ just mentioned. i don't know whether you follow the details of _ just mentioned. i don't know whether you follow the details of this - you follow the details of this particular case. were you surprised by any of the facts involved and by this particular musician, who is apparently a good father to president putin's eldest daughter? i president putin's eldest daughter? i haven't really followed the case specifically, but i was not surprised about the finding discrepancies for sources have found. when we talk about

kleptocracy, one of the major issues that comes up when we hear about lack of compliance is complex structures, that hide the ultimate owner. so it is very common not knowing who is behind which assets. so that is not really something that has surprised me. also, unfortunately, i would have expected people to ask the right questions. but lack of compliance is quite common, unfortunately, amongst several financial institutions. thank you very much indeed for your time today. west yorkshire police are looking for a motorcyclist he was caught on camera in leeds waving at the patrol car next to him while repeatedly leaning on the bike before continuing down the busy road. the police forces asked anyone who recognises him to come forward.

what can one say? i am not going to say anything. but i am on twitter. i'm @geetagurumurthy. hello there. the last couple of days of march remain unsettled with low pressure always nearby. but we could see a stormy spell of weather across southern parts of britain as we move through tonight and into tomorrow morning. but certainly, this afternoon is going to be one of sunny spells and scattered showers, some of which will be heavy and thundery, especially through the midlands, eastern england, this is where we're likely to see some of the heaviest showers. we'll also see lines of showers developing, for example, south—west england across into the home counties. fewer showers for scotland, northern ireland. probably the best chance of staying dry altogether will be the north—east of scotland, but a very mild day to come across the board — we could be up to 17 degrees across eastern areas in the sunny spells. it stays quiet across northern areas this evening and overnight, but it turns stormy across the south — the deep area of low pressure moves

in to bring a spell of gates and heavy rain certainly across south—west england, along the south coast, in towards the channel islands. and it'll be mild — double figure values here, quite fresh further north where we have the clear skies and lighter winds. that area of low pressure will be spreading across the midlands, pushing into the near continent. the strongest of the winds will be on its southern flank, you can see the isobars packed together there. so friday morning, quite a stormy start in the south wales, south—west england, along the south coast through the channel islands, gusts in excess of 60 miles an hour and exposure to some huge waves crashing about. so that's likely to cause some disruption here. along with it, there'll be some showery rain, but a quieter story further north, quite a bit of cloud around. cooler winds coming in off the north sea so a little bit fresher here, certainly along north sea coasts, but a cooler day generally. for this weekend, high pressure starts to build in, it settles things down but it will also turn cooler as our air source will be coming in from a north northeast direction.

that area of low pressure takes its time to pull away. eventually it does take in the weather fronts with it on saturday. by sunday, this area of high pressure will be building in across the country, so a better chance of staying dry, i think, for many. but rather cloudy day for saturday, weather front draped across northern ireland, wales, the midlands, southern england could bring further outbreaks of rain, a little bit of drizzle also moving in off the north sea across eastern england. and a cooler day to come — 8 to maybe 12 or 13 in the south. a better chance of seeing some sunshine and dry weather on sunday, certainly for england and wales, much of southern scotland, a bit of cloud further north and west. but a fine day to come, i think, for many but it will feel cooler across the board. take care.

this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm geeta guru—murthy. our top stories: king charles addresses the german parliament expressing his shock over the destruction caused by the war in ukraine. the vatican says pope francis' health is improving as he continues to be treated in hospital for a respiratory infection. the blood test being trialled that could spare thousands of bowel cancer patients unnecessary chemotherapy. and one of the biggest creatures ever to walk the earth — a patagotitan dinosaur — goes on display at the natural history museum in london.

the former president of brazil, jair bolsonaro, is returning home after spending three months in self—imposed exile in the united states. he flew to florida, two days before lula da silva was inaugurated. mr bolsonaro lost the election to him last october. he's expected to return to the capital brasilia, and could face investigations into whether he incited rioters to storm key government buildings a week after mr lula took office. live now to rio dejaneiro — and terrence mccoy, the bureau chief of the washington post. just givers and idea what the reception was like. were there large crowds? ., , ., reception was like. were there large crowds? ., . ., , crowds? there were dozens of crowds. the went crowds? there were dozens of crowds. they went to — crowds? there were dozens of crowds. they went to the _ crowds? there were dozens of crowds. they went to the airport _ crowds? there were dozens of crowds. they went to the airport to _ crowds? there were dozens of crowds. they went to the airport to greet i they went to the airport to greet him. he got off a plane which landed

just after 7am this morning. there were crowds gathered to see him. he didn't greet any supporters, which was a bit... usually want to see his supporters. they whisked him away, and he was supposed to be heading to headquarters this morning. iaghast and he was supposed to be heading to headquarters this morning.— headquarters this morning. what do we know about _ headquarters this morning. what do we know about his _ headquarters this morning. what do we know about his plans, _ headquarters this morning. what do we know about his plans, and i headquarters this morning. what do we know about his plans, and how. we know about his plans, and how dangerous a moment for the lula da silva government?— silva government? bolsonaro is the most polarising _ silva government? bolsonaro is the most polarising figure _ silva government? bolsonaro is the most polarising figure in _ silva government? bolsonaro is the most polarising figure in brazil, i most polarising figure in brazil, and brazil is exiting the most divisive election in its history. it is still a moment that is very vulnerable for the country. these political wounds have not healed, and the return for bolsonaro poses several risks for the country. the far right, the relaunching of the country's culture wars, and bolsonaro has come to represent so many of those issues. the point is

now to what extent will he try and re—enter the political sphere in brazil and what the fallout will be. you had reportedly said he won't leave florida in order to lead the opposition, but is there some doubt about that? , ,., ., , about that? there is some doubt. bolsonaro has _ about that? there is some doubt. bolsonaro has always _ about that? there is some doubt. bolsonaro has always been i about that? there is some doubt. bolsonaro has always been an i bolsonaro has always been an predictable figure. he is someone who says something one day and something else another. there is confusion when he will return to the country. he has said when he will come back one day and then he doesn't. people were unsure if he would come back. he is an predictable figure, which is part of his appeal, but which makes it hard to figure out what he will do. iuu’ith to figure out what he will do. with the investigations _ to figure out what he will do. with the investigations into his former actions, the alleged incitement as part of that, what about that? he is trailed by a —

part of that, what about that? he is trailed by a number— part of that, what about that? he is trailed by a number of— trailed by a number of investigations, sabha which are criminal, many which are electoral —— several of which. they could have implications for brazil as well. the question is whether or not he instigated followers to siege an attack the buildings in brazil. he is facing questions over the fake news of electoral systems, and so these questions are whether he ends up these questions are whether he ends up being harmful politically or arrested for these, that could plunge brazil back into a moment of political turbulence. i5 plunge brazil back into a moment of political turbulence. is it plunge brazil back into a moment of political turbulence.— political turbulence. is it possible to sa at political turbulence. is it possible to say at the _ political turbulence. is it possible to say at the moment _ political turbulence. is it possible to say at the moment what i political turbulence. is it possible to say at the moment what level| political turbulence. is it possible i to say at the moment what level of support he still has? it is debatable. _ support he still has? it is debatable. his _ support he still has? it is debatable. his party i support he still has? it is debatable. his party is i support he still has? it 3 debatable. his party is bullish on their support, they think he hasn't lost support. he commands the field of tens of millions of brazilians. when you talk to people here, his

followers say it was a mistake to go to the united states after losing the election. he disappeared and abandoned his position. the question is, to what extent can he regain and re—galvanise the supporters he lost? that is a question that will be answered in the coming months. the government is aiming for the uk to have the cheapest electricity in europe by 2050. proposals being unveiled today want to cut emissions, whilst reducing the uk's reliance on importing expensive fossil fuels. here's our climate editor, justin rowlatt. the secretary of state for energy security and net zero was channeling his inner churchill when he announced his new plan. today, with putin weaponising energy across europe, our energy security has become critical. the plan gives more detail on how the government will cut emissions after it lost a legal challenge by activists last summer.

it was grant shapps who decided to locate it to a world war ii bunker and rebrand it as a battle for the country's energy security. i think it's the flip side of the same coin. so as you get to more renewables, including nuclear, you actually do decarbonise the whole energy economy. so it's really two parts of the same thing. but this is a massive investment today signalled by this powering up britain document with hundreds of pages of many, many different, hundreds of different policies, actually, in 1,000 pages orso. it will make a big difference to the way we power britain. the focus will be boosting renewable energy, mostly offshore wind and solar power, but there'll also be more of this. nuclear power. mr shapps says he wants a quarter of britain's electricity to come from atomic energy in future. and there'll also be an effort to boost hydrogen production and technologies to capture and permanently store carbon dioxide emissions underground.

the effort will, mr shapps claims, cut electricity prices, drive down greenhouse gas emissions and ensure the uk isn't dependent on autocrats like president putin for its energy. he says there'll be some new money for electric vehicle chargers and to boost the heat pump industry in the uk. and he says it will expand the effort to insulate draughty homes. but mr shapps admits his proposals will not help cut bills for most of us in the short run. some of the measures in the 1,000 page long plan are not new and labour's shadow climate and net zero secretary, ed miliband, has dismissed it as a groundhog day of re—announcements and reheated policy with no new investment. justin rowlatt, bbc news. some break—in news on prisoner

charles bronson who has lost a parole bid to be freed from jail, so bronson not going to be released from prison. we will bring you more on that when we can. back to our news on the government's plans on net zero, their latest announcements today. earlier i spoke to the co—leader of the uk's green party, adrian ramsay. i began by asking if he welcomed the government's announcement. the greenest thing about these announcements is the fact they are recycling plans that had already been announced previously, they show the government really has its head in the sand. there is an absence of the measures needed to accelerate renewable energy. for example, where was a lifting of the ban on onshore wind? where was the plan to require solar panels and heat pumps in all new buildings? where was the plan for a mass insulation scheme across

the country that would benefit people in terms of reducing their bills, keeping their homes warm whilst tackling carbon emissions and creating jobs? there has been a lack of well from this government to really rise to the challenge and take the huge economic and environmental opportunities there by investing in real energy, whilst at the same time putting huge investment into carbon capture and storage, which many academics and campaigners are worried will result in them using that as a fig leaf for more exploration of oil and gas. they've had over 100 new licences, the government has given for oil and gas exploration. the one at rosebank would see a level of carbon emissions omitted equivalent to the 28 worst off countries in the world, with a subsidy over £3.75 billion.

it is incredible the government is taking us in the wrong direction at a time whenjust last taking us in the wrong direction at a time when just last week, but ipcc has said we have a last chance warning to step up to this challenge and tackle the climate emergency. g, and tackle the climate emergency. a lot of people very interested in the long—term and immediate changes the government can do, but this is also against the ukraine background and the cost of living crisis. in the government, the energy secretary, security secretary, has said the plans will change the way people are build and cut electricity prices in the long—term. they are offering to extend the scheme by £5,000 to replace their car spoilers by three years, giving people more time to change what is going on in their own homes. that issue welcome, isn't it? there are some positive measures, such as the extension to the incentive for heat pumps. the

question is, is the government doing another at the pace needed? it is clear it is not. if you look at home insulation, there is a pledge to support 300,000 homes a year with some measures of insulation. we have 29 million homes in this country that all need improvements of their energy efficiency, only to benefit from renewable energy, and we need to see a scale of investment that will enable us to have 1 to see a scale of investment that will enable us to have1 million homes a year benefiting from insulation, benefiting from domestic renewables like solar panels and heat pumps. the scale and urgency of the challenge, the government isn't getting to grips with. some of his other policies, like oil and gas exploration, building airport expansions, taken as in the wrong direction. there are some right ingredients, but not at the scale and urgency and they are undermining so many of these things with the oil

and gas plan. a blood test which can detect cancer cells could result in thousands of bowel cancer patients not having to go through chemotherapy each year. the royal marsden hospital in london is leading the major trial, as our medical editor fergus walsh reports. the c—word is a big word to live with. it's a year since ben cooke was diagnosed with bowel cancer. i haven't taken a single day off work, which has been incredible. after successful surgery, patients like ben are usually offered intravenous chemotherapy to mop up any cancer cells that might be remaining. but a new type of blood test showed he was cancer free. right, what shall we do? big, enormous chelsea blow dry? so ben, who runs this hair salon in chelsea, was spared the toxic side effects, which can include nerve damage to the hands and feet. work for me is my therapy as such. like, i love going to work, i love myjob, i'm very lucky to do what i do. and if i'd have had the intravenous,

i'd feel like i wouldn't have been able to have carried on. but the fact that i didn't have any tingling or anything in my hands has just been an absolute blessing. ben has regular check—ups at the royal marsden, which is leading a trial of the blood test across dozens of hospitals. your cancer was diagnosed in the cecum, in the right colon. the results could transform the way thousands of bowel cancer patients are treated in the uk every year. i hope through this trial that we generate the evidence to show that this technology, liquid biopsies, can be used to spare patients with stage three bowel cancer unnecessary chemotherapy after the bowel cancer surgery because they don't need it. deep breath in, sharp scratch. so how can a blood test tell if a patient like ben is free of cancer? it looks for tiny fragments of tumor dna circulating in the bloodstream.

if there's none present, there's a low risk the cancer will return. these blood tests or liquid biopsies are part of a revolution in the diagnosis and monitoring of cancer. they're being trialled in the uk across lung, breast, as well as bowel cancer, and can detect minute fragments of tumor dna months, even years before they'd show up on a scan. after she had bowel cancer surgery, artist susanne winter was also spared chemotherapy as a result of the blood test. i just feel incredibly lucky. i know how toxic it is, i know that i would feel terrible. and also your whole everything is you're getting ready for it. you're psyching yourself up for it. so to suddenly hear that you aren't going to need it is just unbelievable. chemotherapy still has a vital role in treating cancer,

but if blood test trials are successful, it will mean a brighter future for thousands of patients every year. as well as saving the nhs money. fergus walsh, bbc news. the easter holidays are almost here — and you might remember last year was a bit of a disaster for travellers at airports. yes, covid restrictions had been lifted, and a combination of staff shortages and increased passenger numbers led to very lengthy queues and delays. so is there any danger of the same thing happening this year? our transport correspondent katy austin has been to manchester airport to find out. remember this? last spring, covid travel rules had been lifted. holiday—makers were ready. parts of the travel industry were not. will this year be any better? getting passengers away on their flights without a hitch is a complex process that requires several different businesses to work together and have all the right staffing in place.

providing workers at security is the airport's job. manchester airport didn't have enough last easter, leading to queues. it couldn't reverse pandemicjob cuts quickly enough. in april of this year, i have enough security officers for the busiest day in august. the boss here is now confident. this year our passengers can expect a great experience at manchester airport. how confident are you that passengers won't see those really long queues for security, those delays that they saw last year? i can absolutely reassure passengers they won't see the queues that they saw in the summer of �*22. we're aiming to deliver at least 95% of our passengers in 15 minutes. check in staff and baggage handlers are organised by airlines. tui was just one which had delays and cancellations last year. a passenger captured this pilot, helping to get bags on to a delayed flight. tui thinks it's now got enough people and planes in the right places. there will be a lot more staff members here to assist passengers on their arrival and guiding them where to go. you will never come

to the point that you can give a guarantee for everything. but what we can prepare, what we can do as companies to make sure that people can go on holiday. that's what we're doing. with passengers through to the departure lounge and gates, work goes on to prepare theirflight for take—off. out here on the airfield, you can see some of the teams helping to get the plane ready and loading the baggage. many airlines contract these services to companies like swissport. it's brought on 1,500 new recruits. that's not been easy. there is an absolute war for labour. of course there was covid. and the second point is of course, brexit. the labour pool within the uk has to come largely from the uk itself. recruitment started early, wages have risen and rotas changed to attract and keep people. in my operation, i am confident that we are ready. but in a cost of living crisis, how many people will be travelling? we've seen incredible demand. back to probably 2019

and in actual fact probably higher than that demand. some people are having to cut their cloth a little bit and potentially shorten their holiday. back at manchester airport, a new team has been set up to step in anywhere problems develop. at london heathrow, a ten day strike by some security staff from friday threatens disruption. british airways has cancelled around 300 flights. strikes in europe have also been causing issues. but the industry and passengers hope they've left last year's level of turbulence behind. katy austin, bbc news. britain's most notorious prisoner charles bronson has lost a parole bid to be freed from prison. he was jailed for robbery in 197a. his original sentence has been extended many times because of his violent

attacks on prison staff and inmates. he has been denied release of a public parole hearing. he went through a phase of taking hostages. research in britain has found that premier league football clubs, players and their agents may have used a tax avoidance scheme to get out of paying hundreds of millions of dollars in tax in recent years. the report seen by the bbc suggests they have used a dual representation tax structure, where an agent says they are representing the player and the club buying the player, to avoid playing millions in taxes since twenty—nineteen. newsnight�*s ben chu reports. is something rotten in the state of football when it comes to tax on agent's fees? research seen by bbc newsnight suggests premier league clubs might have avoided hundreds of millions of pounds of tax that ought to be paid when players are signed or move clubs. it hinges on something called �*dual representation�* in football transfers. this is where the agent is getting paid by both the player,

who they represent, and also by the club who is buying the player. when a football player pays their agent�*s fee out of their own pocket, that transaction attracts income tax, national insurance and vat. but if half of that agent�*s fee is paid directly by the club, that half of the fee attracts none of these taxes. so we�*ve been able to use fa published data and some conservative statistical assumptions to estimate that over three years, 250 million quid was not paid in tax that should have been paid. and over seven years, a70 million — so that�*s almost half a billion quid failed to be paid. it�*s estimated that of the £81 million that wasn�*t paid by the league because of dual representation agent fees in 2021, manchester city accounted for 10.9 million. this was followed by manchester united with ten million and liverpool with 8.1 million. newsnight understands hmrc is investigating the use of dual

representation by top clubs, but they haven�*t told us which clubs. and the public accounts committee, which scrutinises hmrc on behalf of parliament and all of us, they want answers and action too. given the information that you and i have seen, i can�*t see why hmrc isn�*t clamping down pretty quickly right now. the key thing is we�*ve got our beady eye on both how hmrc are dealing with this, but also this big tax avoidance issue. all premier league clubs declined to comment, but the association of football agents insisted that most are genuinely providing services to clubs too and so dual representation schemes are tax compliant. a top sports barrister agrees. well, in most cases, and certainly nearly all the cases i see, there are genuine services provided for clubs that clubs really value. the question in each case is, are those services provided and does then the transaction reflect that reality? and i genuinely believe

in most cases it does. hmrc said... the key questions which need to be answered, is the beautiful game really paying its fair share of tax? and are the tax authorities on the ball? ben chu, bbc news. london�*s natural history museum is famous for its collection of fossils — but its latest display is the biggest yet. it�*s a huge cast of a dinosaur — based on fossils found in argentina — and as you can see, there aren�*t many rooms big enough for it. our science editor rebecca morelle has been to meet it. i am face to face with one of the largest dinosaurs ever to walk the earth and feeling very puny standing next to it. this is patagotitan. it�*s a beast that lived 100 million years ago. let me take you

on a bit of a tour. so this creature measured 120 feet. that�*s 37 metres from its head, all the way down to the tip of its tail. it just about squeezes into the gallery here, and you get a sense ofjust how big this dinosaur is. some of the bones are bigger than me now. what�*s unusual about this is you can actually get up close to it and have a feel because this is a cast. it�*s an exact replica of bones that were unearthed in argentina about ten years ago. and you can even feel the texture on some of the bones. now, if we come back here, we can find sinead marron, who is the exhibition lead at the natural history museum. tell us how much of a challenge it was to get this dinosaur into the museum. yes. so obviously the natural history museum, we�*re pretty used to moving dinosaurs. we took our favourite dinosaur dippy on a tour all around the uk, but this is the largest dinosaur that we�*ve ever had at the natural history museum. so getting it in was

a logistical feat. it took a team of 18 people two weeks to piece this giant jigsaw puzzle together. and tell us a bit about what this creature was like. so it lived 100 million years ago? yes. so it was a herbivore, which means that only ate plants and its huge size meant that it needed over 120 kilos of plants every day just to keep moving. so it would have had to spend most of its time just eating. they lived in herds, so they roamed in groups across kind of cretaceous, patagonia, which would have been a really richly forested landscape with volcanoes. it must be an astonishing sight seeing a herd of these. and, you know, the natural history museum is famous for dippy the dinosaur. how does this compare in size? yes. so dippy is... maybe seems quite big when we first see it. but compared to this, actually, this is so much bigger.

so dippy would have been about a quarter of the size titan that we�*re standing under would have weighed 57 tonnes when it was alive. fantastic. and one quick question, is this the biggest dinosaur ever to walk the earth or is it probably the biggest? i�*m not sure. that�*s a quick question. titanosaurs are the biggest creatures who ever walked the earth. this species, patagotitan, is amazing because we know so much about it. they found 280 bones from six different individuals. so we can build this amazingly good replica. but this is pushing the limits of how large we think animals could live on land. thank you. well, the exhibition opens here tomorrow. and the amazing thing about this dinosaur is you can kind of use yourself to get a sense of scale of it. and it�*s absolutely enormous. this really was a titan of the cretaceous period. my

my kids are always obsessed with that museum. that is it from me, i will see you very soon. goodbye for now. hello there. the last couple of days of march remain unsettled with low pressure always nearby. but we could see a stormy spell of weather across southern parts of britain as we move through tonight and into tomorrow morning. but certainly, this afternoon is going to be one of sunny spells and scattered showers, some of which will be heavy and thundery, especially through the midlands, eastern england, this is where we�*re likely to see some of the heaviest showers. we�*ll also see lines of showers developing, for example, south—west england across into the home counties. fewer showers for scotland, northern ireland. probably the best chance of staying dry altogether will be the north—east of scotland, but a very mild day to come across the board — we could be up to 17 degrees across eastern areas in the sunny spells. it stays quiet across northern areas this evening and overnight, but it turns stormy across the south — the deep area of low pressure moves in to bring a spell of gates and heavy rain certainly

across south—west england, along the south coast, in towards the channel islands. and it�*ll be mild — double figure values here, quite fresh further north where we have the clear skies and lighter winds. that area of low pressure will be spreading across the midlands, pushing into the near continent. the strongest of the winds will be on its southern flank, you can see the isobars packed together there. so friday morning, quite a stormy start in the south wales, south—west england, along the south coast through the channel islands, gusts in excess of 60 miles an hour and exposure to some huge waves crashing about. so that�*s likely to cause some disruption here. along with it, there�*ll be some showery rain, but a quieter story further north, quite a bit of cloud around. cooler winds coming in off the north sea so a little bit fresher here, certainly along north sea coasts, but a cooler day generally. for this weekend, high pressure starts to build in, it settles things down but it will also turn cooler as our air source will be coming in from a north northeast direction. that area of low pressure takes its time to pull away. eventually it does take in the weather fronts with it on saturday. by sunday, this area of high pressure will be building in across the country,

so a better chance of staying dry, i think, for many. but rather cloudy day for saturday, weather front draped across northern ireland, wales, the midlands, southern england could bring further outbreaks of rain, a little bit of drizzle also moving in off the north sea across eastern england. and a cooler day to come — 8 to maybe 12 or 13 in the south. a better chance of seeing some sunshine and dry weather on sunday, certainly for england and wales, much of southern scotland, a bit of cloud further north and west. but a fine day to come, i think, for many but it will feel cooler across the board. take care.

today at one, trials of a potentially life—changing blood test that could affect thousands of cancer patients. it would mean no more debilitating chemotherapy to check if surgery has removed a tumour. to just tojust suddenly you to just suddenly you aren�*t going to nod it is amazing. trials of the test are now under way across the uk. also this lunchtime... two men have been shot dead in cambridgeshire, in what police say were targeted attacks. three people have been arrested. fears the government won�*t meet carbon reduction commitments, made in the run up to the un climate conference, in glasgow. prosecutors are to decide whether the shooting death of chis kaba by a met police

officer, was unlawful.