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welcome to the programme. the government is to launch a legal challenge over the covid inquiry�*s demand that it hand over whatsapp messages and documents. officials missed a 4pm deadline to disclose messages between boris johnson and his advisers during the pandemic. also on the programme: the influencer andrew tate has defended his reputation and denied fuelling a culture of misogyny, in a combative interview with the bbc. are automatic online filters deleting vital footage of war crimes and atrocities in ukraine? we have a special report on the challenge of gathering evidence because social media firms are deleting content deemed too violent or graphic without saving it. and as uk house prices fall at their fastest annual rate in nearly 1a years, we'll assess the impact on home owners and those trying to get on the housing ladder. but first, the legal challenge launched by the government. it's over demands from
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the covid public inquiry that ministers�* whatsapp messages from the pandemic are released. in a letter, the cabinet office said it was doing so "with regret", but that the request goes beyond the remit of the inquiry. a deadline for the government to submit the messages passed at 4pm this afternoon, but the inquiry says it instead received notice of legal action. in the last hour, we have also heard from borisjohnson, who said he is more than happy to hand over any letters. we are going to speak to our corresponded ben wright on that story in just a moment, corresponded ben wright on that story injust a moment, he is standing by in westminster, but i want to bring you a line of breaking news, and this of course relates to the drowning of two young people, two children, off the peer in bournemouth. police say they were investigating. they held initial inquiries. they arrested a man in his 40s. he was in the water at the time of the deaths of those two young people. police now say they have released him pending further
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investigations. the boy in the girl, they died, they were from separate groups who were visiting the beach. the arrested man, the police say, was not known to the children, young people who died. so this related to that death ofjust making people in the water in bournemouth. he had initially been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. he, though, now release without charge, but further inquiries are continuing. an important point. they say the arrested man was not known to them, so they go on in that statement. they say, we are continuing our investigation. it is still at the early stages. we ask people not to spec late serenity circumstances of that incident, to protect the —— speculate surrounding the circumstances. the investigation continues, the man now released. more on that story when we get it.
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but nuts get to that story you're telling you about, the deadline passing for the government to hand over messages to the covid inquiry. our political correspondent ben wrightjoins me now from westminster. thank you for waiting there patiently while we just covered that breaking news. just give us a sense of what you hearing there in westminster, that p.m. deadline has come and gone, the government now choosing to take on the covid inquiry —— that 4pm deadline. opposition saying there is a cover—up going on, and maybe some of the bereaved families feeling this evening, they see the government contesting the inquiry�*s demand for all of this unredacted, unedited material connected to borisjohnson, his whatsapp messages, his diary, his whatsapp messages, his diary, his notebooks. that is something the cabinet office totally refute. what they say is this is a matter of principle and that in their view, this would breach the privacy of many of the people whose communications would be released to
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the inquiry. they also think it would say harmful president for the inquiry to succeed instantly getting all of this underactive material as it asked for, but this has been going on for a few weeks. we have seen the two sides at loggerheads. you have the chair of the covid inquiry, who is insistent that under the powers of the inquiry acts 2005, she has the absolute right to request this material. the government say no and they are taking this to the high court, to haveit taking this to the high court, to have it adjudicated by a judge. so thatis have it adjudicated by a judge. so that is where we are. separately, as part of this story, there is also continuing dispute between the cabinet office and orisjohnson over what material they actually have, what material they actually have, what he has provided, and in a letter for boris what he has provided, and in a letterfor borisjohnson what he has provided, and in a letter for borisjohnson to the covid inquiry this evening, the former prime minister has said he is quite happy to hand over all his whatsapp messages in unredacted form should the inquiry want it. just, he needs to be told where and when to send it. but we have also discovered
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today, in some of the material produced by the cabinet office, that they don't have any of his whatsapp messages before may 2021. that is the point that boris johnson messages before may 2021. that is the point that borisjohnson secured a new phone, got a new phone number. a spokesperson for mrjohnson says that he is very happy to provide that he is very happy to provide that material if the cabinet office can help him find secure way of accessing that phone and releasing the materials. that is an ongoing angle between borisjohnson and the cabinet office. angle between boris johnson and the cabinet office-— cabinet office. let's pick up on one of those issues, _ cabinet office. let's pick up on one of those issues, the _ cabinet office. let's pick up on one of those issues, the government i of those issues, the government saying that it is not prepared to hand over these documents because it would be, in their words, hand over these documents because it would be, in theirwords, an hand over these documents because it would be, in their words, an affront to their privacy and the right to a private policy discussion. there is a certain irony, though, isn't there, because that is based on the human rights asked that the government wants to repeal? there were many ironies _ government wants to repeal? there were many ironies here, _ government wants to repeal? there were many ironies here, the - were many ironies here, the government in a tough battle with the inquiry that it set up, that borisjohnson the inquiry that it set up, that boris johnson created
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the inquiry that it set up, that borisjohnson created to try to go to the bottom of what happened in government during the pandemic, but you're absolutely right, the legislation of both sides now is being cited and contested, but we have seen over the last few weeks that the baroness is certainly ready for a fight on this one. she is not going to concede. she feels the laws on her side. there clearly are government lawyers who feel that the argument, once it is before the courts, will go down in their favour, and like i said, from the government perspective, even though they are getting political flack from the opposition parties, they feel there is a prince that is important to defendant. —— a principle here that is important to defend. �* ., ~ , ., defend. ben, thank you. our olitical defend. ben, thank you. our political correspondent - defend. ben, thank you. our political correspondent at. political correspondent at westminster. for more, i'mjoined now by elkan abrahamson, director and head of major inquests and inquiries at brodie, jackson, canter and representative for covid—19 bereaved families forjustice uk. thank you for being with us on the programme. you will of heard they
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are what ben wright, our political correspondent, was telling us about what is happened tonight. i wonder what is happened tonight. i wonder what your assessment is of what happens next. what your assessment is of what happens next-— what your assessment is of what happens next. firstly, i think this is a power— happens next. firstly, i think this is a power struggle _ happens next. firstly, i think this is a power struggle between - happens next. firstly, i think this is a power struggle between the l is a power struggle between the cabinet office and baroness hallet. the law is all most marginal to that power struggle, the law is all most marginal to that powerstruggle, but the law is all most marginal to that power struggle, but if it does go to the high court as a judicial review and if you high courtjudge cannot inject some sensibility or sense of common sense into the process, the law is the chair of the inquiry has the power to compel anyone to provide documents that relate to a matter in question at the inquiry. johnson has set up the inquiry, a very wide remit, and it is difficult to think of anything that would not relate directly or indirectly to a master inquest that the inquiry. i think the high court is likely to find in favour of the inquiry itself. there is another wrinkle to this, in that the law also says that the chair can compel someone to
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produce any other thing in its custody or under his control, and the test of relation to the inquiry is not in that part of the act, so you could probablyjust get the phone itself even if there are problems with getting the... the roblem problems with getting the... the problem is _ problems with getting the... the problem is what is deemed to be relevant material and one would assume the chair of that inquiry is the person who should deem whether it is relevant or not? yes. the person who should deem whether it is relevant or not?— it is relevant or not? yes, and as to the privacy — it is relevant or not? yes, and as to the privacy argument - it is relevant or not? yes, and as to the privacy argument that - it is relevant or not? yes, and as to the privacy argument that we | to the privacy argument that we need to the privacy argument that we need to remember, this is not a question of making all the document available to the public immediately but there is a filtering process. it goes to the chair. she decides if it is relevant or not and she decides whether to share it with cord participants and then there's a separate decision later as to whether to make a publicly available, so i don't think privacy comes into it at this stage. the e . alite comes into it at this stage. the egalite -ese — comes into it at this stage. the egalite -ese asai, _ comes into it at this stage. the egalite —ese asai, this boils down to a perception issue, doesn't it, a
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perception that the government has something to hide? it perception that the government has something to hide?— perception that the government has something to hide? it does, and in a sense it has — something to hide? it does, and in a sense it has become _ something to hide? it does, and in a sense it has become worse - something to hide? it does, and in a sense it has become worse than - something to hide? it does, and in a | sense it has become worse than that, the fears the government has leading to them developing a conflict with the chair of the inquiry —— illegalities aside. if the chair feels she has not been given access to the documents or other things that will enable her to do herjob, the only logical recourse is to resign stop so it is very much an existential battle here for the inquiry itself.— existential battle here for the inquiry itself. elkan, it is really aood to inquiry itself. elkan, it is really good to get — inquiry itself. elkan, it is really good to get your _ inquiry itself. elkan, it is really good to get your thoughts - inquiry itself. elkan, it is really good to get your thoughts on l inquiry itself. elkan, it is really . good to get your thoughts on this, thatis elkan abrahamson there. thank you. the bbc has questioned the controversial social media influencer andrew tate at his home in the romanian capital bucharest. tate is under house arrest and being investigated by romanian prosecutors for accusations including rape, human trafficking and exploiting
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women, which he denies. the bbc has also challenged him on whether his views about women — broadcast to his millions of online followers — harmed young people, as many teachers and police officers allege. our correspondent lucy williamson spoke to andrew tate this morning. take a listen. andrew tate has built his image around cars, cigars and controversy, his followers swallowing his sexism along with his success. you know i'm innocent. he's said little in public since his arrest in romania five months ago for rape and human trafficking. today, the bbc was the first major media outlet to challenge him on those allegations and on concerns from police, schools and rights organisations that he's spreading misogynistic attitudes among boys and men. andrew tate. hello. have you raped anybody? absolutely not. have you trafficked anybody? absolutely not. exploited any women for money? absolutely not. but you have admitted
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using emotional manipulation to get women to work in the webcam industry for you. no. the bbc has spoken to somebody since your arrest who says exactly those things — that with you, it's all manipulation. there's an ulterior motive to everything... is this sophie? oh, sophie. the fake name. no face. "i was so intent on wanting to please him and wanting him to be "happy that i was just kind of, �*yeah, ok, do whatever you want.”' has she accused me of a crime, this imaginary sophie? she's making the point that there... has she accused me of a crime? ..emotional or psychological manipulation... i've asked you a question. and i allowed you into my house. i'm asking you a question. correct. but you're not the boss here because i've allowed you into my house. i'm asking you the questions... correctly, and i'm telling you... you get to decide the answers. no, we are equal here. i've allowed you into my house. you don't come here with a position of authority. i'm doing you the favour as legacy media, giving you relevance by speaking to you. and i'm telling you now — this
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sophie, which the bbc has invented, which there is no face of, nobody knows who she is... the bbc did not invent her. of course not. because you never invent anything. we've got the chief executive of rape crisis naming you individually as spreading a dangerous ideology of misogynistic rape culture. absolute... it's the comments you make that are leading people to say things like this. absolute garbage. national organisations who are saying, blaming you for increasing levels of misogyny, schools that are saying they are having increased incidents of girls being attacked, of female teachers being harassed... if that was true... ..by pupils, because of you and your teaching, and your influence. that's absolute garbage. i have never, ever encouraged a student to attack a teacher, male orfemale, ever. i preach hard work, discipline. i'm an athlete. i preach anti—drug. i preach religion. i preach no alcohol, i preach no knife crime. every single problem with modern society i'm against. i've presented you with case after case after case with quote after quote after quote of people who are genuinely concerned about the impact you're having
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and you brush it off as if it's nothing. no, what you have done is come here with an agenda. you've come here with loaded questions. things taken out of context. you come here with things that you don't understand are satirical and you expect me... satirical, sarcastic and jokes. that's how you explain the comments you make. for you to sit down... would you like to apologise for any of them? for you to sit down and say that one woman said that her boyfriend watched an andrew tate video and now he won't do the dishes or whatever your argument is, and that i'm somehow the worst, most dangerous man in the world because i have a car, isjust disingenuous. andrew tate's arrest and detention haven't dented his influence. he's followed by media to the prosecutor's office, followed by millions on twitter. an indictment in this case, expected here within weeks, will mark a new phase in his fight with romania's legal system, as teachers across the uk continue to battle his message. lucy williamson, bbc news, bucharest. for the full interview, you can head to the bbc news youtube channel.
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a much longer version of that interview that we brought you there. lots of issues raised, so let's talk about them. we can nowjoin documentary film—maker matt shea for more on this. he made the documentary the dangerous rise of entertaining. thank you for being with us. —— of andrew tate. i wonder what you make of that interview. does it reinforce or dispel any of the perceptions and any of the things that you learned while making your documentary about andrew take? {line while making your documentary about andrew take?— andrew take? one of the things that lu icked andrew take? one of the things that lucy picked op _ andrew take? one of the things that lucy picked up on. — andrew take? one of the things that lucy picked up on, what _ andrew take? one of the things that lucy picked up on, what andrew - andrew take? one of the things that| lucy picked up on, what andrew tate denied having any human, he did on his website mentioned using manipulation to recruit women into the industry of webcam pornography, and that is something we put to entertain munson before he was arrested, because his online courses in which he also teaches other men to many plate women into doing
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webcam bernard frie was available publicly at the time and that would constitute a human trafficking under romanian law. constitute a human trafficking under romanian law-— romanian law. what is interesting about this interview, _ romanian law. what is interesting about this interview, he _ romanian law. what is interesting about this interview, he is - romanian law. what is interesting about this interview, he is very . about this interview, he is very quick to dispel any of the accusations, to refute any of those allegations that lucy puts to him, but he says, i preach hard work, discipline, i'm an athlete, i am anti—drugs, i preach religion, i preach no alcohol, i preach no knife crime. no one argued with those parts of his statement, but i wonder whether you got a sense there is any truth in them? this whether you got a sense there is any truth in them?— truth in them? this is a classic tactic that _ truth in them? this is a classic tactic that he _ truth in them? this is a classic tactic that he uses, _ truth in them? this is a classic tactic that he uses, this - truth in them? this is a classic tactic that he uses, this kind i truth in them? this is a classic| tactic that he uses, this kind of moral grandstanding, where he will redirect every question to the positive messages that he has. i tell guys they could to the gym, ok, fine, but what she is asking you is not about you telling men to go to the gym, it is about the multiple allegations against you, both being heard in romanian courts and also there have been multiple women in there have been multiple women in the uk who have alleged that he raped and physically abused them. he
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of course denies all of those allegations. he of course denies all of those allegations.— of course denies all of those allerations. , , , , , allegations. he is very dismissive ofthe allegations. he is very dismissive of the bbc _ allegations. he is very dismissive of the bbc in _ allegations. he is very dismissive of the bbc in that— allegations. he is very dismissive of the bbc in that interview. - allegations. he is very dismissive of the bbc in that interview. he l of the bbc in that interview. he calls it legacy media, as if the bbc will finally come to realise that he is correct. the point there is that his rise to fame has been fuelled by social media. he is able to speak directly to the people that want to follow him without any sort of third—party may be validation or checks or balances, and that really is the crux of this problem, isn't it, able to speak to a mass market without anyone able to say, hang on a minute, that is not right? absolutely. i speak to a lot of people, parents and teachers, who don't even know who enter tate is or they may know who he is but they think it is universally agreed he is a bad guy, but even if you don't know who andrew tate is, your sons or nephews probably do and may intact be watching him now. he is one of the most viewed people onto sock. hope not hate devey survey. ——
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on tiktok. more people know who andrew tate is then rishi sunak is. even now, after tiktok has banned his profile on tiktok mcke is still appearing quickly and frequently on young people's tiktok feeds, and thatis young people's tiktok feeds, and that is partial because it is not him posting these videos, it is his army of followers cutting and reposting them.— army of followers cutting and reposting them. matt, it is really interesting _ reposting them. matt, it is really interesting to _ reposting them. matt, it is really interesting to talk _ reposting them. matt, it is really interesting to talk to _ reposting them. matt, it is really interesting to talk to you - interesting to talk to you especially about all of this issues they are raised in lousi's interview. matt shea there, thank you —— lucy's interview. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some of the other stories making headlines today. a coroner has been told two teenagers who died after an electric bike crash in cardiff last week suffered head injuries. the deaths of kyrees sullivan,
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and his friend harvey evans, led to a riot, with cars set alight and police attacked. the local coroner says an inquest is required after the ongoing police investigation is finished. a new alert system will warn the public when high temperatures could damage their health this summer in england. it'll be run by the uk health security agency and the met office, aiming to reduce illness and deaths among the most vulnerable. and a rare plant — normally found only in the swamps of south west florida and in cuba — is beginning to flower in the uk for the first time. this is the florida ghost orchid — there are less than 2,000 in existence. it was flown to the uk from chicago two weeks ago, now on display at kew gardens in london. more on all of those stories on the bbc website. you're live with bbc news. the bbc has found that evidence of potential war crimes is being lost by social media firms
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because they automatically delete videos with graphic content. platforms claim such images can stay online if it's in the public interest, but an investigation by the bbc�*s disinformation team suggests the opposite. we should warn you, this report contains distressing images and descriptions of violence. since the russian invasion of ukraine, igor, a former travel journalist, has been documenting attacks on civilians. like this one on a road outside kyiv. men, women and children were shot and burned by russian soldiers whilst trying to flee occupation. igor posted the videos on facebook and instagram, but they were immediately taken down. translation: russians - were saying those were fakes. they didn't touch civilians. they fought only with the ukrainian army. it was really important not to only film this evidence, but to spread it.
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but my post was banned immediately. major social media companies have long been criticised for allowing easy access to distressing content. now, with the help of artificial intelligence, they are increasingly cracking down swiftly to delete it. but by deleting it, evidence of war crimes can be lost. we are living in an extraordinary period where millions of people are capturing important evidence. whether or not the social media companies publish it or take it down, you can't afford to lose this material. while platforms say that graphic content from warzones can stay online if it is in the public interest, we saw the opposite. we uploaded some of igor�*s footage to see if the platforms removed it. instagram took down three or four videos from ukraine within a minute. youtube age—restricted the same three, but 10 minutes later removed them all. and then our appeal to restore the videos was rejected. and this is happening all over the world.
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international archiving organisations say hundreds of thousands of videos from conflicts in ukraine, syria, yemen and sudan have also been removed from platforms. losing even one video is concerning for open source investigators. proving that war crimes have been committed is incredibly hard, so they need to view as many angles as possible. let's speak to stephen rapp, former international prosecutor and former ambassador—at—large for war crimes in the office of global criminaljustice. thank you for being on the programme and that last thought there in that report suggests is really difficult to gather vital evidence, and the problem is getting even harder, isn't it? it problem is getting even harder, isn't it? , ., ., isn't it? it is getting harder and social media _ isn't it? it is getting harder and social media companies - isn't it? it is getting harder and social media companies are - isn't it? it is getting harder andj social media companies are not helping, they are frankly hindering it. i am helping, they are frankly hindering it. iam particularly helping, they are frankly hindering it. i am particularly concerned about the loss of this material. after the use of social media to incite the jet hide everything get incite the jet hide everything get in 2017, we got commitments from social media, and is like facebook, now known as matche, to preserve this information, but now we see
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this information, but now we see this deletion by artificial intelligence. without the touch of a human hand or anybody evaluating it —— now known as meta. the danger is going to be lost, and to be frank, some of the best evidence we have these crimes is the stuff that is posted on social media, sometimes posted on social media, sometimes posted by the perpetrators themselves, evidence of what they done. if we lose that, and we don't have control of the scene of the crime when the crime is committed, we lose really the best evidence of these offences.— we lose really the best evidence of these offences. yeah, social media firms will say _ these offences. yeah, social media firms will say they _ these offences. yeah, social media firms will say they have _ these offences. yeah, social media firms will say they have a _ these offences. yeah, social media firms will say they have a duty - these offences. yeah, social media firms will say they have a duty of l firms will say they have a duty of care to the audience, they need to take down harmful content, anything thatis take down harmful content, anything that is inappropriate, but what you're saying there is the need to be more human interaction, real people need to be looking at this stuff and deciding whether it should get deleted or preserves? absolutely. personally, they need to preserve it, whatever it is, so they can be available. civil society organisations, some groups like the
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syrian archive, have done this in certain contexts, but now it would be very hard to be under quickly enoughin be very hard to be under quickly enough in order to... itac it is about the speed, isn't it, getting in there before that stuff is deleted —— in there before that stuff is deleted -- it in there before that stuff is deleted "— in there before that stuff is deleted -- , ., , , deleted -- it is about the speed? and even talking _ deleted -- it is about the speed? and even talking to _ deleted -- it is about the speed? and even talking to witnesses - deleted -- it is about the speed? and even talking to witnesses in l and even talking to witnesses in the situation, evidence that tells you little bit that tells you about who, what, when and how. it really harms the investigation. but i'm particular concern about this justifiable concern about this information pushing out information. we think about the market place of ideas, good speech counted by bad speech. basically the russian say it is a lie, it is not, it is true, and he cannot refute it. meta developed, appointed an international blue—ribbon commission to deal with some of these things and indicating they were going to respond, but frankly the business model is one of
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course with the algorithm, the eyeballs, and now we have artificial intelligence that goes in and deletes material without anybody evaluating whether it beats the standards that they have announced, if it is in the public interest or keep it up. if that is the standard, they need to put the humans to work to basically preserve that material, evaluate it, otherwise put warnings on, etc. you put up on things pretty bad. it is true.— bad. it is true. time is tight, but rive me bad. it is true. time is tight, but give me a _ bad. it is true. time is tight, but give me a sense _ bad. it is true. time is tight, but give me a sense of _ bad. it is true. time is tight, but give me a sense of what - bad. it is true. time is tight, but give me a sense of what it - bad. it is true. time is tight, but give me a sense of what it is - bad. it is true. time is tight, butj give me a sense of what it is you would need, when you try to prosecute cases like this, what is the data you required to have in front of you to prosecute successfully?— front of you to prosecute successfull ? ., . ., successfully? you need evidence of the crime committed, _ successfully? you need evidence of the crime committed, but - successfully? you need evidence of| the crime committed, but obviously we have these attacks on people that are civilians, that are fleeing, they are not combatants. this is very solid evidence for the commission of war crimes. you may have information about the insignia
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of the uniforms of the people doing the shooting, you may have images of the shooting, you may have images of the individual you can now talk to survivors. they can provide you with more information, you can ask them smart questions because you've got the scene of the crime... it is smart questions because you've got the scene of the crime. . .— the scene of the crime... it is good to talk to you- _ the scene of the crime... it is good to talk to you. i _ the scene of the crime... it is good to talk to you. i am _ the scene of the crime... it is good to talk to you. i am so _ the scene of the crime... it is good to talk to you. i am so sorry. - the scene of the crime... it is good to talk to you. i am so sorry. so i to talk to you. i am so sorry. so sorry to interrupt, time is tight, but it is great to have you with us. stephen rapp there. you're watching the context on bbc news. hello there. there's no rain in the forecast for the next few days, and the first day of meteorological summer got off to a sparkling start here in eastbourne, in east sussex. many parts of the country saw the sunshine coming through, but not everywhere. some eastern areas of scotland and eastern england stayed cloudy and as a result quite a bit cooler as well. but we should see more sunshine developing across more of the country tomorrow because drier air is going to be coming in from off the north sea.
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at the moment, though, what's happening overnight is the cloud that we've had in eastern areas is going to push back inland across england and wales, but it's quite thin cloud. for scotland and northern ireland, this is where it's going to be clearer, but it's going to be eastern scotland that will be quite chilly. 2—3 degrees here, otherwise about eight degrees first thing on friday morning. and it could be quite a cloudy start for england and wales, but this time the cloud is thinner. so it's going to break up more readily, and we'll get more sunshine developing more widely across the uk. just a bit of patchy cloud hugging some of these north sea coasts. now, for many, the winds will be light, but it's still going to be pretty breezy across the south—east through the english channel. noticeably breezy in these areas, so a little bit cooler, perhaps. and with the wind off the north sea, right on the coast, it will be cooler. but with sunny skies developing in most places, then those temperatures more widely will be reaching a pleasant 20—21 degrees. but uv level�*s going to be high right the way across the country, all the way from the shetland isles down into the channel islands. now if you're wondering
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where all the rain's gone, it's really across southern parts of europe. it stays wet and thundery in places cos high pressure that's been keeping it dry still sitting over the uk. still got some stronger winds across the south and south—east. otherwise the winds are light. on saturday, we could see more cloud coming into the far north of scotland, so a little bit cooler here. but otherwise, lots of sunshine around again on saturday. those temperatures creeping up a little bit, up to around 22—23 degrees. and the glorious weekend continues for many areas with sunny skies. but there's more cloud notjust in northern scotland, rolling down the north sea, perhaps hugging some of these north sea coasts, particularly in the north—east of england. so, again, a little bit cooler here, but otherwise, those temperatures gradually getting up to 23 or even 2a celsius.
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hello, i'm ben thompson. you're watching the context on bbc news. three dead in the latest russian shelling of kyiv — as president zelensky tells a moldovan summit of european leaders there's an urgent need for ukraine tojoin nato and the eu. we will have that story for you in just a moment. 1st, a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's marc edwards. hello, marc.
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