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live from washington, this is bbc news. a concert fit for a king. windsor castle plays host to a star—studded evening of entertainment to celebrate the coronation. another tragedy in texas. seven are dead after a car struck a group of people at a bus stop near a migrant centre. and a milestone meeting. fumio kishida makes the first visit by a japanese leader to south korea in more than a decade. hello, i'm carl nasman. it's great to have you with us. we start in the uk, where a spectacular concert has been held to mark the coronation of king charles iii.
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some 20,000 people attended the show on the grounds of windsor castle near london. performances by british pop group take that, katy perry, and lionel richie even brought the king and other royals to their feet. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell was there. five, four, three, two, one! from the intense formality of westminster abbey to the energy of the coronation concert on the east lawn of windsor castle. with an audience of 20,000, charity volunteers, nhs workers and guests chosen by public ballot. watching from the royal box, the king and queen, the prince and princess of wales, princess charlotte and prince george, and other members of the family. there was music from the coronation choir, 300 singers from many walks of life in different parts of the uk.
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and palm to palm is holy palmers�* kiss. there was drama from shakespeare's romeo and juliet... ..dance from the royal ballet... ..and humourfrom miss piggy. wait a second. kermit, it's him! a lord! a real lord! no, ijust played one on television. give me a bear with a marmalade habit any time. she laughs hysterically so adorable! as dusk fell, lionel richie sang. # come on and sing... and the royal box did its best to keep up. and then it was time to be a little more serious. 0nto the stage came the prince of wales. i want to say a few words about my father, and why i believe this weekend is so important. but don't worry, unlike lionel,
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i won't go on all night long! cheering as my grandmother said when she was crowned, coronations are a declaration of our hopes for the future, and i know she is up there, firmly keeping an eye on us, and she would be a very proud mother. william talked about his father's 50 years of service, his work to protect the environment, to establish the prince's trust... and perhaps most importantly of all, my father's always understood that people of all faiths, all backgrounds and all communities, deserve to be celebrated and supported. cheering pa, we are all so proud of you. i also want to express my pride and gratitude
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for the millions of people who serve, in the forces, in classrooms, hospital wards and local communities. cheering and applause i wish i could mention you all. your service inspires us, and tonight we celebrate you too. i commit myself to serve you all, king, country and commonwealth. god save the king. cheering and applause # rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling down... there was a spectacular light show with a strong environmental theme. 1000 drones over windsor castle and ten different locations around the united kingdom. it was a celebration with a serious message of service, a theme which will continue tomorrow
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with the big help 0ut, when thousands of volunteers will give their time to help others. nicholas witchell, bbc news. let's turn now to some other news. in the us state of texas, seven people have been killed after a car struck a group of people at a bus stop near a migrant and homeless shelter in brownsville, a city along the us—mexico border. us border officials say the city has seen a sharp increase in undocumented migration. the incident left at least six others injured, some of them critically. the driver has been arrested and charged with reckless driving. brownsville police say it's not yet clear whether the incident was intentional. here's how the manager of that nearby migrant shelter described the scene. so we had low probably 20 of our residents across the street to go to their destination to the bus station to leave today
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and i think somebody has just run them over and it was really sad. all 15, ithink run them over and it was really sad. all 15, i think it was more than 15. some of them passed away on the scene, that is what they have told me, everything is under investigation and we have seven or ten more at the hospital now. the incident comesjust days before pandemic—era restrictions on migration, known as title 42, are set to expire. so what is title a2? it's a trump—era policy that allows us border agents to quickly expel migrants trying to cross the southern us border with mexico. it's stated goal was to stop the spread of covid—i9, though its faced criticism from immigration advocates who say it prevents asylum seekers from entering the us. title 42 is set to expire in a matter of days — on may 11. just last month, brownsville and three other texas cities declared a state of emergency ahead of an anticipated influx of migrants. we'll have more on this as it develops. staying in texas, where
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memorials are taking place in allen, near dallas, at the scene of a mass shooting at a shopping mall. eight people were killed saturday by a gunman armed with an ar—is—style assault weapon. officials say the shooter fired indiscriminately at shoppers. seven others were wounded, three are in a critical condition. the shooter has been identified as 33—year—old mauricio garcia and multiple sources have told cbs news that garcia had a patch on his clothing with the letters rwds, which is believed to be a right—wing neo—nazi group. presidentjoe biden has ordered flags at the white house and other government buildings to be lowered to half—staff until sunset thursday. meanwhile, local allen officials as well as texas governor greg abbott have attended a vigil at a local church. here's what governor abbott said about the shooting earlier on sunday. well, senator, obviously this isjust well, senator, obviously this is just devastating. texans are
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hurting today and the people who are hurting the most, obviously, are the families of the vic adams, families who have lost a loved one, families who have a loved one who is injured. at the same level, listen, this is something we have been grappling with over the past year and there are some potential easy solutions such as passing laws that we are working on right now to get guns out of the hands of dangerous criminals and to increase penalties for criminals who possess guns. so one thing we can observe, very easily, and that is there has been a dramatic increase in the amount of anger and violence thatis amount of anger and violence that is taking place in america and what texas is doing in a big—time way, we are working to address that anger and violence by going to its root cause, which is addressing the mental health problems behind it. earlier, i spoke with democratic texas senator
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nathanjohnson, who represents dallas county, not far from where the shooting took place. nathan johnstone, thank you nathanjohnstone, thank you for joining us at what is a difficult time for your surrounding community. first of all, tell us how your constituents are responding to the shooting. constituents are responding to the shooting-— constituents are responding to the shooting. they are alarmed every time _ the shooting. they are alarmed every time one _ the shooting. they are alarmed every time one of— the shooting. they are alarmed every time one of this - the shooting. they are alarmed every time one of this tragedy l every time one of this tragedy happens everyone is alarmed, and it tichular gets you the closer it is to you. people in my district shop in this mall, it is terrifying to have it so close to home. i was in houston last night actually for my son's college graduation and was this wonderful moment in the family's life when my phone lights up with this horrible news about the end of other people's lives, so it hits hard. ~ ., people's lives, so it hits hard. . ., hard. what was the reaction when that — hard. what was the reaction when that use _ hard. what was the reaction when that use took - hard. what was the reaction when that use took place. i hard. what was the reaction i when that use took place. you said you were out and about, how safe do people feel? i don't know that people feel
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immediately unsafe. think it be disconcerting every time people go out about their daily business right now and it appears that violence finds us wherever we go, i don't think people have quite grasped that yet, i don't know how many tragedies it takes, but i think it is getting close to the number where people are going to start generally feeling unsafe, i don't think people are afraid to go out of their homes today, but it is a disconcerting feeling to have knowing that it's everywhere. just off the back of what you just said, the shooting comes about a week after a gunman killed five people in cleveland, texas, also there in your state, this is shaping up nationally to be a record year so far for mass shootings nationwide. watmore in your opinion is to be done to these kinds of shootings in your community? it! kinds of shootings in your community?— kinds of shootings in your community? i'd like to start with a couple _ community? i'd like to start with a couple of— community? i'd like to start with a couple of things - community? i'd like to start with a couple of things that| with a couple of things that aren't working, was not working is the approach the state has taken in the past which is to give more people more access to
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more guns in more places more of the time. we're taking about a __ of the time. we're taking about a —— document taking guns away from people, but clearly arming ourselves to the hilt is not going to prevent gun violence, having security guards everywhere and metal detectors, it is good to be prepared, but thatis it is good to be prepared, but that is not really protecting us from gun violence, mental healthcare, as efficient as it has been in the state, i'm glad we're making progress on it, it is not going to reject us from the pervasive culture of gun violence. the factors that most people with mental health are not homicidal. what's left? what's left is the gun safety laws that many of us have been advocating for for a decade now. simple non—invasive things that completely respect the revered second amendment rights in this country, in the state, responsible gun owners everywhere need not fear a red flag law, extreme risk orders, background checks, limits on magazine capacities, people can argue about a little bit more, but really how much your rights
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infringed if we have very large limits on magazine capacities? take your pick, we have a panoply of options we have not tried. age limits to buying guns, bettertraining tried. age limits to buying guns, better training courses, having a training course at all, the state recently remove the requirement that you need one. i mean that's the one thing we haven't done, will these things work? we have seen them work nationally and more there can be a debate about how convincing the evidence is, there is pretty good evidence that they do work and in the meantime why not do it? why not send people a message that says we care, we are actually trying, and that is the other point i want to may, is whether or not a law or a set of laws stops the next shooter, we have a problem in this state and in this country with violence in our culture, with gun violence specifically in our culture stop and if we don't do something about it as legislators, if all we can do is increase the level of apprehension and anxiety and gun ownership and encourage people to get out there and defend themselves and that's
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all, then we are contributing to the hysteria violence in the culture. we've got to send a message that we care about people enough to at least try, at least try to put some measures into effect that will stem the violence.— measures into effect that will stem the violence. beyond those measures. _ stem the violence. beyond those measures, what _ stem the violence. beyond those measures, what you _ stem the violence. beyond those measures, what you just - stem the violence. beyond those measures, what you just said - stem the violence. beyond those measures, what you just said is l measures, what you just said is interesting about the culture of gun ownership in the united states and in texas as well, how would you tackle changing a culture that you describe as being pro—gun in your state? you know, i don't think i have to challenge a pro—gun culture, know many people who have owned guns responsibly for their entire lives, so they were children they were taught by theirfamilies were children they were taught by their families were respectful of firearms and their lethal power. we have to do instead challenge the whole notion that the glorification of violence, not only in videogames, i mean the attitude that we solve our problems through violent means and we react to everything
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through violent means and buy everybody thinking that we can protect ourselves and express our opinions and that an armed society is a polite society is really misguided and feeds to, i think, really an innate notion from an early age that we solve our problems with violence. gun ownership is ok, believing that violence and weapons are the answer to our differences is not ok. it's a harder, more subtle problem, but clearly not doing anything doesn't work. clearly making it easier to own weapons with indiscriminate use and indiscriminate use and indiscriminate boundaries is not working. so it's not a question of stopping people from a historical relationship with guns in texas, that can be done responsibly. in with guns in texas, that can be done responsibly.— done responsibly. in 2021 you briefly touched _ done responsibly. in 2021 you briefly touched on _ done responsibly. in 2021 you briefly touched on this, - done responsibly. in 2021 you briefly touched on this, there | briefly touched on this, there was legislation that went into effect that allows most texans
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who legally own a firearm to carry it openly in public without a permit or training. how likely is it that that law may get a second look state lawmakers like yourself? you know, lawmakers like yourself? you know. you — lawmakers like yourself? you know, you think— lawmakers like yourself? you know, you think it _ lawmakers like yourself? i'm, know, you think it would be easy, you think we could do it in the next three weeks, and i hope we do. i'm not optimistic that it will happen. it was a travesty just as it was a that it will happen. it was a travestyjust as it was a shock that it happened in the first place, something like 80% of texans because it was a horrible idea to eliminate the requirement of obtaining a permit and some basic firearm training when you bought a gun and they passed it anyway, over the objections of many of us. and they admit that that was the wrong course? it seems like an unlikely prospect —— can they admit? i would be happy to help an eye would be happy to work with anybody in any party wants to correct that mistake. you are a democrat in a republican—controlled state coming so you are happy to work with people, how does that work
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take place? what kinds of observations you played you have across both sides of the aisle? i think there is a moment i think there is a moment when i think there is a moment when it is u-oin to be to the it is going to be to the benefit of everybody, irrespective of their party, to recognise that we have a larger problem, and that the rah rah rhetoric of "guns are going to save us" is not going to be politically rewarded. and lo, my republican colleagues don't want people to die from gun violence. they don't. there is a problem with a primary election pushing people to take positions that they wouldn't otherwise push, and the game of politics is complex but it is time to put the game is time to put the games aside, and i think one thing that democrats can do is not speak with a condemning voice, to the extent we can on the subject, but it is difficult on the subject. but if someday wants to come over
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and make some sort of reasonable progress, we can have reasonable demands, and the whole thing can be a very responsible political process. i think may be the role of democrats would be to be tolerant in the discussions, but insistent that we get results. ., ., ., but insistent that we get results. . ., ., results. rate. nathan johnson, democratic— results. rate. nathan johnson, democratic texas _ results. rate. nathan johnson, democratic texas state - results. rate. nathan johnson,| democratic texas state senator, representing dallas county, thanks for speaking with us. thank you very much. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. at the bristol animal rescue centre they have received so many rabbits they have opened up many rabbits they have opened up an overflow area. most have been dumped or abandoned, and our staff say there is no room for any more. it our staff say there is no room for any more-— our staff say there is no room for any more. it makes me so sad. for any more. it makes me so sad- you _ for any more. it makes me so sad. you know, _ for any more. it makes me so sad. you know, i'm _ for any more. it makes me so sad. you know, i'm glad - for any more. it makes me so sad. you know, i'm glad that| sad. you know, i'm glad that they— sad. you know, i'm glad that they end _ sad. you know, i'm glad that they end up here and not
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anywhere worse, but i think all rescue — anywhere worse, but i think all rescue centres at the moment are full— rescue centres at the moment are full to — rescue centres at the moment are full to the brim and we're just— are full to the brim and we're just trying _ are full to the brim and we're just trying to do our best and take — just trying to do our best and take in— just trying to do our best and take in as _ just trying to do our best and take in as many as we possibly can: _ take in as many as we possibly can, but— take in as many as we possibly can, but we are also at capacity— can, but we are also at capacity here, so for this time of year. — capacity here, so for this time of year. we _ capacity here, so for this time of year, we are almost doubling the numbers of rabbits that we would — the numbers of rabbits that we would normally see. so, yeah. does _ would normally see. so, yeah. does anybody want any broccoli today? — does anybody want any broccoli toda ? . .., does anybody want any broccoli toda ? . .. ., today? feeding and caring for ets can today? feeding and caring for pets can be — today? feeding and caring for pets can be pricey, _ today? feeding and caring for pets can be pricey, and - today? feeding and caring for pets can be pricey, and that l pets can be pricey, and that might be the reason why rabbits like sparkly here have been left without a home. the thinking here is that the cost—of—living crisis is to blame. cost-of-living crisis is to blame. . , , , cost-of-living crisis is to blame. ., ,, , ., ., cost-of-living crisis is to blame. . ,, .. ., cost-of-living crisis is to blame. ., blame. rabbits are not as cheap to own as _ blame. rabbits are not as cheap to own as people _ blame. rabbits are not as cheap to own as people think- blame. rabbits are not as cheap to own as people think that - to own as people think that they are. to own as people think that they are-— they are. there are plenty available _ they are. there are plenty available for _ they are. there are plenty available for adoption, - they are. there are plenty| available for adoption, and when they come as cute as this, how can you possibly resist? you're live with bbc news. to ukraine, where air—raid sirens have been sounding across the country. residents of kyiv were told to head to shelters, shortly before midnight, local time. the mayor, vitali klitschko, says at least five people have been injured, in two separate incidents, one involving debris from a drone falling on a parked car. meanwhile, the ukrainian armed forces have shared images they say show a large fire
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in the port city of 0desa. russia has stepped up its aerial attacks, ahead of an anticipated spring offensive by ukraine. a ukrainian general in bakhmut said russia has intensified its shelling there, too. to south korea now, where japanese prime minister fumio kishida has met with south korean president yoon suk—yeol. it's the first official visit by a japanese leader to south korea in more than a decade. on sunday, the japanese pm visited seoul national cemetery, where war veterans, who fought against japanese rule, are buried. that was followed by talks with the south korean president. the two countries have had strained relations for the past ten years, largely dominated by colonial—era disputes. south korea was colonised byjapan, from 1910 until the end of world war two. now, growing security threats appear to have prompted the leaders to try to mend diplomatic ties. let's hear from them.
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translation: between japan and south korea _ translation: between japan and south korea there _ translation: between japan and south korea there are _ translation: between japan and south korea there are numerous l south korea there are numerous historical aspects and circumstances. as the prime minister ofjapan i think it is my duty that we carry on efforts that came before us to overcome difficult times to work with president yoon and the korean side. translation: both countries _ the korean side. translation: both countries are _ the korean side. translation: both countries are exposed - the korean side. translation: both countries are exposed to i both countries are exposed to north— both countries are exposed to north korea's nuclear threats. security— north korea's nuclear threats. security cooperation is more important now than ever before. live now to tokyo. i'm joined by professor stephen nagy. he's an expert onjapanese foreign policy at the international christian university in the japanese capital. all just jealous about the significance of this meeting between these two leaders, —— first of all, give us some of the significance of this meeting between these two leaders, given some of the history we heard of. it has been ten years since both leaders got together, the
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colonial history of the japanese still weighs heavily within the korean mindset, but, that being said, we have seen president yoon make tremendous efforts to try and reset the relationship, which has manifested in prime minister kishida visiting seouljust yesterday, visiting the national cemetery and again expressing his prayers to the fallen korean soldiers. but also welcoming president yoon to another summit that's coming up to another summit that's coming up this month, that's at the g7. again, we see a convergence of interests, both leaders looking forward but not forgetting the past. professor, we heard earlier _ forgetting the past. professor, we heard earlier from - forgetting the past. professor, we heard earlier from the - we heard earlierfrom the japanese prime minister, another thing he said, this was the quote that was making headlines, kishida said his heart aches thinking about the suffering of koreans during japan's colonial rule, how is that statement and how is this visit overall being seen in south korea?— south korea? this is the difficult _ south korea? this is the
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difficult part _ south korea? this is the difficult part of- south korea? this is the difficult part of both - difficult part of both countries, the democratic state has lots of different views and prime minister kishida expressed his personal view about the colonial period again, this heartfelt sorrow he feels with understanding the past. south koreans themselves, many look at president yoon's reach out to japan are something that is inappropriate, they say the japanese have not repented enough on their colonial past, but others in the south korean context are welcoming greater participation and cooperation with japan to deal with the real challenges in the region. that is weapons of mass destruction proliferation on the korean peninsula and the growing challenge of china within the region, in terms of its economic coercion, its expanding of military presence within the region, and its assuring international law in the south china sea. you touched _ the south china sea. you touched on _ the south china sea. you touched on it. _ the south china sea. you touched on it. meetings. the south china sea. you touched on it. meetings between these two countries are rare. now we have seen two in just a couple of months. talk a little bit about the timing here and
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also the agenda, what are they trying to get done? b5 also the agenda, what are they trying to get done? $5 i trying to get done? as i mentioned, president i trying to get done? " i mentioned, president yoon, prior to becoming president and during his presidency has put a top priority, in terms of rehabilitating the bilateral relations. the understand is that south korean security, its economic prosperity, will be linked to working with japan and the united states and it is going to have to work with these countries to push back against north korea, as well as deal with the challenges in china. both leaders see the cooperation bilaterally, try laterally with the united states but also in venues such as the g7 is really, really important venues to deal with the economic challenges associated with the post—covid i9 associated with the post—covid 19 pandemic. dealing with authoritarian states such as russia and china, in terms of wanting to change the security architecture within the region, and really ensuring that those democratic principles that japan and south korea share remain vibrant, remain protected, and really are the
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barometer of how the region develops, not through the lens of authoritarian states. we saw south korean _ of authoritarian states. we saw south korean president - of authoritarian states. we saw south korean president ewan i south korean president ewan here in washington, dc last month. had this big diplomatic visit, several days, visiting with president biden. what role do you think the us hopes to play with not only south korea but specifically with japan as well? ~ ,, ., , well? well, the united states ho es its well? well, the united states hopes its two _ well? well, the united states hopes its two friends - well? well, the united states hopes its two friends and - hopes its two friends and allied partners work much more coherently together, that they deal with the past, that thing think about a forward leaning presence. but i should be very frank. it is notjust the united states that has these views about south korea and japan. canada, australia, india, south—east asian countries and the european union all want these two democratic partners to work more closely together, to put the past behind them and to use their collective resources to deal with the real challenges within the region.— within the region. briefly if ou within the region. briefly if you can. — within the region. briefly if you can. we _ within the region. briefly if you can, we have - within the region. briefly if you can, we have about. within the region. briefly if you can, we have about 45| you can, we have about 45 seconds left, what comes next
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between these two countries? they are calling this shuttle diplomacy, so the idea of these two leaders going back and forth. what can we see going forward? i forth. what can we see going forward? , ,., ., ., forth. what can we see going forward? , ., ., forward? i see both tokyo and seoul working _ forward? i see both tokyo and seoul working together - forward? i see both tokyo and seoul working together on - seoul working together on security issues, economic security, in cooperation within the g7 and other multilateral institutions to bring stability to the global economy, to deal with security challenges, such as authoritarian states, and really to quietly work together on dealing with the past, through further diplomacy, through further diplomacy, through student exchanges and scholar exchanges, and really trying to build the future by not forgetting the past. interesting stuff there, professor stephen nagy, an expert on japanese professor stephen nagy, an expert onjapanese foreign expert on japanese foreign policy at the international christian university in tokyo. thank you so much for your time. we'll have lots more on that story on our website, bbc .com, and we will be following there is continuous div elements
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coming out of brownsville, texas, as well. thank you for watching bbc news. hello, there. looking at the weather over the coronation weekend, i think it's fair to say we've had a real mixed bag, starting on saturday with the coronation itself, where, in london, we had, of course, rain. it wasn't that heavy — we only had five millimetres — but it was relentless, lasting for about nine hours, so very damp weather. a different story for sunday, many of us dry with some sunshine coming through, and it was the warmest day of the year so far with highs of 21.3. but how warm is that? well, if we look at the 7th of may, in previous years, up to that date, we've had much warmer spells. for example, back in 2018, temperatures had already reached 29 degrees at this time of the year. so, 21, absolutely nothing special for early may. now, on the satellite picture, what we're looking at here is this stripe of cloud, which is our next band of heavy rain that's going to be moving through. indeed, it's already making inroads in across northern ireland, moving its
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way eastwards into scotland. england, in the west, and wales also, having a wet start to your bank holiday monday. it will be quite mild, though, temperatures about ten to 12 celsius for many of us, and then, through monday, well, you might well start off with a bit of sunshine across east anglia and the southeast of england, but this band of rain is on its way. the rain, quite heavy at times, perhaps with a bit of thunder mixed in, and even as we start to see some brighter weather moving in to the north west later on, there'll be lots of heavy showers, particularly for northern ireland, with a number of thunderstorms here. but those storms are also likely to be working to west scotland, as well. where we do see a bit of may sunshine, temperatures still into the high teens, so it still won't feel too bad. tuesday, it starts quite cloudy. there'll be some sunshine comes through for a time, but then big showers. northern ireland, wales and southern counties of england quite likely to see some big thunderstorms, and some of those will have hail mixed in with them, as well. still, there will be some places that dodge the downpours, and with temperatures still into the upper teens, it won't feel too bad, if you're
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out and about. wednesday sees an occlusion, bringing some more general rain to west scotland and northern ireland. it's not the only place that will see rain, though, because, after a fine start across england and wales, showers will move from west to east, and, again, they're likely to be heavy, with some hail and thunder mixed in once again. temperatures still pretty much at best reaching the upper teens. thursday, we see further showers, particularly concentrated across england and wales. something a bit brighterfor scotland and northern ireland, but as you can see from the outlook, we are expecting it to stay pretty unsettled.
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economic and financial catastrophe. janet yellen issues a dire warning over the us debt ceiling. plus leaders of south korea and japan meet as the moves demographically to moves towards a new era in relations. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm karishma vaswani. ms duthie programme in the united states with the treasury secretary, janet yellen, has sounded the alarm. users of congress fails to act on the debt ceiling it could trigger a constitutional crisis. president biden is
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