�* way. counteroffensive gets under way. ukraine claims it has retaken four villages. there have been losses on both sides. british prime minister rishi sunak accuses borisjohnson of asking him to overrule a committee given the task of looking into appointments to the house of lords. hello, i'm maryam moshiri. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. we start in italy, where silvio berlusconi — the flamboyant media mogul and former prime minister — has died at the age of 86. mr berlusconi served as prime minister three times between 1994 and 2011. he was the longest—serving italian prime minister since the second world war. mr berlusconi was known at home and abroad as much for his colourful private life as for his political dealings and business acumen.

his forza italia party is part of the current prime minister giorgia meloni's right—wing coalition. she has paid this tribute to his single—minded vision and strength. translation: silvio berlusconi was above all a fighter. _ translation: silvio berlusconi was above all a fighter. he _ translation: silvio berlusconi was above all a fighter. he was - translation: silvio berlusconi was above all a fighter. he was a - translation: silvio berlusconi was above all a fighter. he was a man i above all a fighter. he was a man who was never afraid to defend his convictions, and it was precisely that courage and determination that made him one of the most influential men in the history of italy, that allowed him to make real breakthroughs in the world of politics, communication and business. with him, italy learned it should never let limits be imposed on it, that it should never give up. with him, we thought, won and lost many battles. and for him too we will bring home the goals we set together. farewell, silvio. silvio berlusconi faced a string of legal battles and scandals throughout his career.

paul adams looks back at his life. silvio berlusconi was a populist showman who used his business empire and immense wealth to reshape italian politics. born into a wealthy middle—class milanese family, he began his career as a nightclub crooner while studying for a law degree. he made a fortune in construction and built a powerful media empire. although few knew where he got the money to finance it. he bought ac milan. then bankrupt, turning it into a top european club. then staged a takeover of italian politics, forming a new movement, forza italia. berlusconi promised lower taxes, fewer controls on business, and used his tv stations to ram home his message. in 1994, he won the general election, forming the most right—wing administration in over 30 years.

but after an unpopular austerity budget, his coalition collapsed after only seven months. berlusconi spent years defending himself against charges of corruption. he was sometimes found guilty in lower courts, but used italy's torturous legal system to ensure he never went to jail. sentenced to prison for tax fraud in 2013, he did community service with dementia patients instead. he was in and out of power, bouncing back to become italy's longest—serving prime minister since the second world war. his eccentric behaviour and bizarre jokes appalled many, but they appealed to his core supporters. translation: i have to bring you some greetings — translation: i have to bring you some greetings from _ translation: i have to bring you some greetings from a _ translation: i have to bring you some greetings from a man. - translation: i have to bring you i some greetings from a man. what translation: i have to bring you i some greetings from a man. what is his name? just a minute, it was someone with a tan. barack obama.

in 2009, a man smashed a model of milan cathedral into his face, but none of it stopped his love of partying and the allegations about his sex life. berlusconi and a 17—year—old model both denied he paid herfor sex. the scandal generated three separate trials, the last resulting in an acquittal earlier this year. but the perception of sleaze was damaging. translation: and ifi sometimes see a beautiful girl, _ i say better to like girls than to be gay. last year, his final political comeback, his partyjoining meloni's right—wing coalition. despite describing her as bossy and adamant and expressing is admiration for vladimir putin. silvio berlusconi was undoubtedly charismatic. three times italian chose him as their prime minister. but he was always a divisive figure, and for far too long his career was dogged

by allegations of corruption. live now to our correspondent, bethany bell, in rome. bethany, it cannot be understated how important, how influential silvio berlusconi has been on italian politics. fix, silvio berlusconi has been on italian politics.— silvio berlusconi has been on italian politics. a huge figure. this is what _ italian politics. a huge figure. this is what is _ italian politics. a huge figure. this is what is really - italian politics. a huge figure. this is what is really coming l this is what is really coming through in the tributes that have been flooding in for him. we heard just now from giorgia meloni, italy's current prime minister, that even his political rivals like the former italian prime minister matteo renzi saying many people love to silvio berlusconi, many hated him, but his impact on italy's political, economic and television life,

sporting life was unprecedented. a figure who dominated politics in recent decades, he was the longest postwar serving prime minister in italy. and despite the string of court cases and sex scandals, he kept bouncing back. people will say this is the end of silvio berlusconi, and then it wasn't. so really a sense of this figure who, in the words of giorgia meloni, was a very influential figure in the words of giorgia meloni, was a very influentialfigure in italian history. he a very influential figure in italian histo . . , a very influential figure in italian histo . , a very influential figure in italian histo. , . history. he was very much the comeback _ history. he was very much the comeback king _ history. he was very much the comeback king in _ history. he was very much the comeback king in terms - history. he was very much the comeback king in terms of - history. he was very much the i comeback king in terms of italian politics, and some have likened him to donald trump. they said he paved the way for that type of politics within society and within the populist political movement. yes. populist political movement. yes, ve much populist political movement. yes, very much s0- _ populist political movement. yes, very much so. they _ populist political movement. yes, very much so. they see _ populist political movement. yes, very much so. they see him - populist political movement. 1913 very much so. they see him as this figure who despite all the scandals, all of the legal charges that were

levied at him, managed to keep coming back. the list of trials that silvio berlusconi faced was huge. he spent many, many... huge amount of time in court and only one of these cases, which the charges ranged from tax fraud to bribery to sex scandals, only one of these cases stuck. in 2013 he was convicted on corruption charges, sentenced to prison but he didn't serve prison time because of his age, so he did service in a community care centre for the... service in a community care centre forthe... in milan. so he service in a community care centre for the... in milan. so he was the extraordinary comeback king. it was interesting that even in recent weeks when we know he had been very ill, in april he spent 45 days in

hospital, including ten days in intensive care. it was still active even during this time. he was very much a figure who kept appealing to his supporters. qm. much a figure who kept appealing to his sweden-— much a figure who kept appealing to his summers-— his supporters. ok, bethany bell, thank yom _ let's cross live to milan. this is the scene of the raffaele hospital in milan in northern italy where silvio berlusconi was taken to be treated for a lung infection and leukaemia. he has been unwell for some time, but that is where he passed away earlier at the age of 86. we will as always bring you more on this story as and when we get it. if you want to read more about silvio berlusconi's life and times and why he is so important to the world of italian politics, you can go to our live page on the bbc website with all the very latest, including some interesting stories

about some of the more controversial elements of mr berlusconi's life, shall we say. let's turn to ukraine — the country has remained tight—lipped about the much anticipated spring counter offensive. today, they're claiming some victories. my colleague yalda hakim is in kyiv. thank you. as you say, the ukrainian side is claiming some victories, although it is still early days. the president, president zelensky, told a press conference a few days ago that the counteroffensive has begun. we have started to see some developments, although it is still so difficult to get information from the battlefield. let's just tell you what we know so far. i'm going to show you some footage which was released earlier today by ukraine's 35 separate marine infantry brigade, it's described as showing ukrainian forces recapturing a village in the

donetsk region in the south—east. it's been under russian occupation for much of the war. it is not far from the settlements of blahodatne, and we have been reporting about blahodatne just yesterday when they claimed they had retaken that area. and neskuchne as well as makarivka. these were the first ukraine said it liberated on sunday and we have been keeping our audiences up—to—date on those in the last 2a hours. footage on social media which the bbc has not yet verified shows troops hosting the ukrainian flag. so some developments at there, although it is difficult to verify a lot of this. we are getting the information from social media, and are bbc verify team is working away to try to verify the footage we are getting from the front lines. we do know the

pace of things, while we are hearing about the liberation of these villages according to the ukrainian forces, it is still early days and the russian side is reporting that there are huge casualties on the ukrainian side. the ukrainian side is saying the same thing, so we are being cautious about what we are reporting. joining me now is ukraine's former president, also an mp for the committee of ukraine eu integration. so the counteroffensive has begun. these are small villages though at the moment, aren't they? first of all, i confirm the counteroffensive has begun and it is a difficult _ counteroffensive has begun and it is a difficultjob, and this isjust the beginning. what's staged now, this is_ the beginning. what's staged now, this is reconnaissance by fire. we 'ust this is reconnaissance by fire. we just find — this is reconnaissance by fire. we just find out the source of the air

defence — just find out the source of the air defence and the main position because — defence and the main position because russia built a very deep defence — because russia built a very deep defence area. up to 40, 50 kilometres. this is a difficultjob because — kilometres. this is a difficultjob because russia is still very, very strong — because russia is still very, very strong. putin invests $1 trillion for the — strong. putin invests $1 trillion for the last 20 years, and we, ukrainians, _ for the last 20 years, and we, ukrainians, and me is the fifth president _ ukrainians, and me is the fifth president of ukraine, started to build _ president of ukraine, started to build our— president of ukraine, started to build our armed forces since 2014 but this_ build our armed forces since 2014 but this is— build our armed forces since 2014 but this is a — build our armed forces since 2014 but this is a success reconnaissance by fire _ but this is a success reconnaissance byfire less— but this is a success reconnaissance by fire. less than... i cannot say but it— by fire. less than... i cannot say but it is— by fire. less than... i cannot say but it is very— by fire. less than... i cannot say but it is very few brigades already involved _ but it is very few brigades already involved in— but it is very few brigades already involved in the operation. it�*s but it is very few brigades already involved in the operation.- involved in the operation. it's not the sort of- -- _ involved in the operation. it's not the sort of... you _ involved in the operation. it's not the sort of... you haven't - involved in the operation. it's not i the sort of... you haven't deployed everything at this stage, it is just probing? everything at this stage, it is 'ust robin ? ~ ., everything at this stage, it is 'ust robin ? a, . everything at this stage, it is 'ust robin? . ::f everything at this stage, it is 'ust robin? . .._ ., ., probing? more than 5096 of our bfiuade probing? more than 5096 of our bri . ade is probing? more than 5096 of our brigade is still _ probing? more than 5096 of our brigade is still in _ probing? more than 5096 of our brigade is still in reserve. - probing? more than 5096 of our brigade is still in reserve. we l brigade is still in reserve. we still— brigade is still in reserve. we still do — brigade is still in reserve. we still do not have a massive

offensive operation. the brigade are doing _ offensive operation. the brigade are doing sex— offensive operation. the brigade are doing sex full operation on the border— doing sex full operation on the border between donetsk and zaporizhzhia region but this is only one piece — zaporizhzhia region but this is only one piece of the possible offensive operation — one piece of the possible offensive operation of ukraine. definitely would _ operation of ukraine. definitely would be — operation of ukraine. definitely would be at least five or six another _ would be at least five or six another direction also including donetsk— another direction also including donetsk region. with that situation, the main _ donetsk region. with that situation, the main events of ukrainian offensive _ the main events of ukrainian offensive operation is still ahead. i'm offensive operation is still ahead. i'rn quite — offensive operation is still ahead. i'm quite optimistic about that. these — i'm quite optimistic about that. these are — i'm quite optimistic about that. these are small villages though, some of them have roughly 1000 people for example.— people for example. yes. first of all, people for example. yes. first of all. these — people for example. yes. first of all, these are _ people for example. yes. first of all, these are not _ people for example. yes. first of all, these are not very _ people for example. yes. first of all, these are not very small- all, these are not very small villages _ all, these are not very small villages. now after a year of the russian — villages. now after a year of the russian occupation there's very few people _ russian occupation there's very few people stay there because this is a disaster— people stay there because this is a disaster what russians do there. but these _ disaster what russians do there. but these villages are not the main object — these villages are not the main object of— these villages are not the main object of our offensive operation. 0ur object of our offensive operation. our main —

object of our offensive operation. our main object is first of all to have _ our main object is first of all to have a — our main object is first of all to have a success on the view dozens of kilometres — have a success on the view dozens of kilometres. are have a success on the view dozens of kilometres-— kilometres. are you talking about the land bridge _ kilometres. are you talking about the land bridge that _ kilometres. are you talking about the land bridge that connects - the land bridge that connects russian forces to crimea? you talk about that and _ russian forces to crimea? you talk about that and i _ russian forces to crimea? you talk about that and i can _ russian forces to crimea? you talk about that and i can confirm - russian forces to crimea? you talk about that and i can confirm that. l about that and i can confirm that. definitely — about that and i can confirm that. definitely we want to cut the supply. _ definitely we want to cut the supply, the logistics, the same as we do _ supply, the logistics, the same as we do with— supply, the logistics, the same as we do with my participation when kyiv was— we do with my participation when kyiv was encircled. here where we are staying — kyiv was encircled. here where we are staying. now when you look on the tv— are staying. now when you look on the tv you — are staying. now when you look on the tv you see the pictures of peaceful— the tv you see the pictures of peaceful kyiv, this is not true. almost— peaceful kyiv, this is not true. almost every single night russian missiles _ almost every single night russian missiles hit ukraine in kyiv. but i want _ missiles hit ukraine in kyiv. but i want to— missiles hit ukraine in kyiv. but i want to deliver to you the decisive moment— want to deliver to you the decisive moment of— want to deliver to you the decisive moment of the offensive operation of ukraine, _ moment of the offensive operation of ukraine, by— moment of the offensive operation of ukraine, by the way this is not a counteroffensive. russian offensive operation _ counteroffensive. russian offensive operation were destroyed, and the other— operation were destroyed, and the other results is russia stopped any

offensive _ other results is russia stopped any offensive action throughout the battlefield. �* ., . ,., offensive action throughout the battlefield. �* ., . . battlefield. i've got about a minute left, but battlefield. i've got about a minute left. but you _ battlefield. i've got about a minute left, but you also _ battlefield. i've got about a minute left, but you also do _ battlefield. i've got about a minute left, but you also do have - battlefield. i've got about a minute left, but you also do have an - left, but you also do have an election in this country coming up next year. how are you going to position yourself in that? pointing number one. _ position yourself in that? pointing number one, on _ position yourself in that? pointing number one, on the _ position yourself in that? pointing number one, on the very - position yourself in that? pointing number one, on the very first - position yourself in that? pointing number one, on the very first day| position yourself in that? pointing l number one, on the very first day of the wall, _ number one, on the very first day of the wall, i_ number one, on the very first day of the wall, i meet with zelensky and said im _ the wall, i meet with zelensky and said i'm not the leader of the position— said i'm not the leader of the position any more. and you are not my opponents any more. we are soldiers. _ my opponents any more. we are soldiers. and ijust want to deliver we are _ soldiers. and ijust want to deliver we are still— soldiers. and ijust want to deliver we are still soldiers, we are not politicians _ we are still soldiers, we are not politicians. the costly election is an attack— politicians. the costly election is an attack of unity, and unity in the world _ an attack of unity, and unity in the world and — an attack of unity, and unity in the world and unity inside the country, this is— world and unity inside the country, this is the — world and unity inside the country, this is the key factor. nobody now can think— this is the key factor. nobody now can think anything but victory. the future _ can think anything but victory. the future election, we can speak about that when— future election, we can speak about that when all ukrainian soil will be free from — that when all ukrainian soil will be free from russian occupant. and definitely— free from russian occupant. and definitely now accept the offensive

operation we have. we have a very important — operation we have. we have a very important stage of our offensive in july. without our future membership in nato, _ july. without our future membership in nato, it— july. without our future membership in nato, it will be no peace in ukraine — in nato, it will be no peace in ukraine or— in nato, it will be no peace in ukraine or on the continent, and i think— ukraine or on the continent, and i think great— ukraine or on the continent, and i think great britain can demonstrate their leadership exactly the same, like they— their leadership exactly the same, like they do leading the tank coalition, air defence coalition, 'et coalition, air defence coalition, jet fighter— coalition, air defence coalition, jet fighter coalition, nato coalition. and the leadership is vital— coalition. and the leadership is vital not — coalition. and the leadership is vital not only for us but for the global— vital not only for us but for the global security system, sustainable. petro _ global security system, sustainable. petro poroshenko, thank you so much for your time. that was the former president, president petro poroshenko, talking about the political situation in this country as well as the military situation in this country. and as he said, all eyes are on the nato summit injuly where ukraine is still trying to push for nato membership, although we had justin trudeau, canada's

prime minister here a couple of days ago, and he said we have to wait for the conditions to be right before any kind of consideration of ukraine entering nato is even thought about. so those conversations are taking place while this counteroffensive is also very much under way. we will continue to bring you up to date throughout the day on bbc news, but for now back to you in the studio. thank you very much indeed. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. now let's take a look at what's making news across the uk. a man has been charged with the murder of a 21—year—old woman in northern ireland earlier this month. chloe mitchell went missing in the town of ballymena and was last seen in earlyjune. a 26—year—old man is due to appear before magistrates later. school inspections in england are to change after campaigning by the family of head teacher ruth perry, who took her own life after an 0fsted inspection. changes include faster reinspections

for schools that are given a rating of "inadequate" over child welfare to give them a chance to improve. there's a warning that mortgage rates could rise even further. they've already gone up by about half a percentage point in the past month with the average fixed deal now around 6%. many lenders have been removing deals and increasing rates amid predictions that the bank of england could raise rates higher than previously thought. as always, more on that and all those stories you have been watching too and listening to here on bbc news on our website, including the latest that is happening with mortgage rate and of course the case in wales. you're live with bbc news. the british prime minister rishi sunak has publicly accused his predecessor borisjohnson of asking him to overrule a committee given the task of looking into appointments to the house of lords. a number of mrjohnson's key allies — whom he reportedly put forward for peerages — were not included in his final resignation honours list. let's listen to some

of what mr sunak had to say. when it comes to honours and borisjohnson, borisjohnson asked me to do something that i wasn't prepared to do because i didn't think it was right. that was to either overrule the holac committee or to make promises for people. i wasn't prepared to do that. as i said, i didn't think it was right. and if people don't like that, then tough. i...when i got thisjob. .. applause. when i got thisjob, i said i was going to do things differently because i wanted to change politics, and that's what i'm doing. let us bring in now is our political correspondent rob watson. some strong words there from rishi sunak, and i believe there has been a response as well from boris johnson's team?—

a response as well from boris - johnson's team?_ hello! johnson's team? yes, hello. hello! here we are — johnson's team? yes, hello. hello! here we are again, _ johnson's team? yes, hello. hello! here we are again, rob. _ johnson's team? yes, hello. hello! here we are again, rob. the - johnson's team? yes, hello. hello! here we are again, rob. the most| here we are again, rob. the most im ortant here we are again, rob. the most important thing — here we are again, rob. the most important thing to _ here we are again, rob. the most important thing to note _ here we are again, rob. the most important thing to note here - here we are again, rob. the most important thing to note here is - here we are again, rob. the mostl important thing to note here is that if borisjohnson and rishi sunak were ever mates, my goodness, i don't think they were but they are certainly not now. things have deteriorated rapidly between them and essentially you just heard rishi sunak saying boris johnson and essentially you just heard rishi sunak saying borisjohnson had asked me to bend the rules about what we do with mps and peerages, i wasn't prepared to do it, now borisjohnson is hitting back saying actually rishi sunak, farfrom being above all of this, had tried to block some of his supporters from going from being conservative mps to conservative peers. 0h being conservative mps to conservative peers. oh dear. {lilli being conservative mps to conservative peers. oh dear. oh dear indeed. conservative peers. oh dear. oh dear indeed- what — conservative peers. oh dear. oh dear indeed. what does _ conservative peers. oh dear. oh dear indeed. what does it _ conservative peers. oh dear. oh dear indeed. what does it mean _ conservative peers. oh dear. oh dear indeed. what does it mean in - conservative peers. oh dear. oh dear indeed. what does it mean in terms | indeed. what does it mean in terms of what's happening now with boris johnson, with the partygate report, with everything else that happening with everything else that happening with the by—election now that is going to be created? there is an awful lot to get through. throwing a

few questions _ awful lot to get through. throwing a few questions there! _ awful lot to get through. throwing a few questions there! you _ awful lot to get through. throwing a few questions there! you can - awful lot to get through. throwing a | few questions there! you can handle it! let's take — few questions there! you can handle it! let's take partygate. _ few questions there! you can handle it! let's take partygate. we - few questions there! you can handle it! let's take partygate. we are - it! let's take partygate. we are re it! let's take partygate. we are pretty sure _ it! let's take partygate. we are pretty sure in _ it! let's take partygate. we are pretty sure in the _ it! let's take partygate. we are pretty sure in the next - it! let's take partygate. we are pretty sure in the next day - it! let's take partygate. we are pretty sure in the next day or. it! let's take partygate. we are| pretty sure in the next day or so it! let's take partygate. we are i pretty sure in the next day or so a report will come out looking into whether boris johnson report will come out looking into whether borisjohnson misled parliament and it will obviously be excoriating, otherwise he wouldn't have jumped first. excoriating, otherwise he wouldn't havejumped first. it excoriating, otherwise he wouldn't have jumped first. it seems to me the big question in politics is the big spat between borisjohnson and rishi sunak going to develop into some kind of civil war inside the conservative party. at the moment it seems to be the mutiny is somewhat muted, in other words this idea that lots of pro borisjohnson supporters in parliament are going to resign their seats and create a headache for rishi sunak. that's not happening yet, but it is pointless to pretend there clearly isn't a lot of beef, as my children would say, in the governing conservative party. 0r in the governing conservative party. or if you are a vegetarian, a lot of potato, who knows? let's talk about

the future. many people at home will be wondering if there is a way back into politics for boris johnson be wondering if there is a way back into politics for borisjohnson now. he will never go away. he is young, full of ambition, energetic, witty, has a certain style. and it's also the case that a significant chunk of the case that a significant chunk of the british population love him. they think of him as good old boris, but i think the odds are against it for the following reasons. firstly the polling suggests he has become that most oxymoronic things which is an unpopular populist. and the second thing is that he's now very closely associated, again the polls suggest, with policy, brexit, which the majority of people the polls suggest think has turned out to be a mistake. rab suggest think has turned out to be a mistake. .,, . . ,., suggest think has turned out to be a mistake. .,, . . . , , mistake. rob watson in westminster, thank ou. let's bring you some breaking news now. a woman has been arrested on

suspicion of murder after the deaths of two children at a home in stoke—on—trent. the boy, aged 11, and the girl, seven, were found unresponsive at an address on sunday and died at the scene. police were first called to a car wash on nearby campbell street after an attack involving a man and a woman. it looks like officers then visited the home on flack street not far from the original incident, where they found the children and arrested a woman aged 49. following the reported nearby assault, a man in his 40s has been taken to hospital for treatment for injuries not thought to be life—threatening. that is according to police. just to reiterate that breaking news, a woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the deaths of two children aged 11 and seven, 11—year—old boy and a seven—year—old girl at a home in stoke—on—trent. we

will try and bring you more on that story as and when we get it here on bbc news. at least ten wedding guests have been killed and 25 people injured in what is being described as australia's worst bus crash for decades. police say the vehicle flipped onto its side at a roundabout in the town of greta in the hunter valley in new south wales. the driver has been arrested, although the cause of the crash is not yet known. 0ur our new south wales police confirmed the driver's arrest. that our new south wales police confirmed the driver's arrest.— the driver's arrest. at this stage, there are ten _ the driver's arrest. at this stage, there are ten people _ the driver's arrest. at this stage, there are ten people confirmed l there are ten people confirmed deceased and a further 25 people have been transported to hospital. at this stage they have varying injuries. the 58—year—old man, the driver of the coach, was taken to hospital for mandatory testing and he is now at cessnock police station and under arrest. the crime scene has been established and that is being forensically examined by the

crash investigation unit and specialist forensic police. a british man has been arrested in the south korean capital, seoul, after trying to scale the world's fifth tallest building without ropes. he'd made it more than halfway up the lotte world tower before police forced him into a maintenance cradle. the skyscraper is more than 550 metres high, with 120 floors. local media have reported that the man had intended to parachute off the top. stay with us here on bbc news.

hello there. it's going to be another hot, sunny, humid afternoon but with some big thunderstorms developing as well, as we'll see in a moment. we started off the day, though, with these red skies over redcar and cleveland. over the weekend, the first heatwave of the year has certainly arrived, temperatures peaking at 32.2 degrees celsius on saturday in chertsey. that's the mark to beat. we'll get quite close to that later on this afternoon, with temperatures expected to reach 31 or 32 degrees. the hotspots across parts of northern england and southern scotland. lots of hot and sunny weather around today. a few showers building over the high ground in scotland, a few for western counties of northern ireland. but the biggest storms today will be where the winds kind of bash together and converge in a zone across wales, the midlands, central, southern england towards east anglia and the greater london area. some of those storms could bring us 30 millimetres of rain injust the space of one hour, hence the risk of seeing some flash flooding. temperatures are still a little bit underdone in the computer models at the moment. 30 around greater london looks possible, 28 around the birmingham area and about 30 degrees around the greater manchester area for example. so, very hot weather. those thunderstorms continue to rumble away during the evening

and after such a hot day, those temperatures will be slow to come down. indeed, at ten o'clock at night, we'll still be widely up into the 20s in many of our towns and cities. beyond that, the last of the day's storms will slowly fade away as we get past the midnight hour and the skies will increasingly become clear. might be one or two mist and fog patches around by dawn. 0n into tuesday's forecast, a subtle change. the air is less humid and that means it should be a much drier day across england and wales. any showers limited to west scotland and across northern ireland where there could be, again, a few hefty thundery downpours. still hot, temperatures widely again reaching the upper 20s through tuesday afternoon. high pressure, then, continues to dominate the weather picture through the rest of this week, through the weekend and we'll probably still be just about clinging on into parts of next week. however, eventually we will see some rain arriving next week towards the south—west of england, but otherwise, lots of hot

and sunny weather through the rest of this week. bye for now.

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