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hello, i'm sally bundock. donald trump is set to make history once again as the only former president to be charged with a federal crime. he arrived in florida on monday night, as he prepares for his court appearance later on today, where he is expected to plead not guilty to dozens of charges relating to the mishandling of classified information. on monday evening, he was seen at a steakhouse in his hotel and resort in the miami area where he will be staying overnight ahead of his court appearance. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports from miami. donald trump's diehard supporters are always ready for
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him. , . ., , ., him. they cheered as he arrived at his resort _ him. they cheered as he arrived at his resort he _ him. they cheered as he arrived at his resort he is _ him. they cheered as he arrived at his resort he is staying - him. they cheered as he arrived at his resort he is staying for. at his resort he is staying for court appearance. once inside he was greeted by surprise guests. he was greeted by surprise auests. , ., ., guests. god in the frame. he “ust guests. god in the frame. he just waved- _ guests. god in the frame. he just waved. this _ guests. god in the frame. he just waved. this is _ guests. god in the frame. he just waved. this is different i just waved. this is different from his indictment - just waved. this is different from his indictment in - just waved. this is different from his indictment in new| just waved. this is different - from his indictment in new york two months ago when he was charged with breaking state laws. this is a federal case, the united states of america wants its former commander—in—chief on trial for allegedly jeopardising commander—in—chief on trial for allegedlyjeopardising national security. we allegedly 'eopardising national securi .~ ., ., , ., security. we have one set of laws in this _ security. we have one set of laws in this country - security. we have one set of laws in this country and - security. we have one set of laws in this country and they apply to everyone. the department _ apply to everyone. the department of - apply to everyone. the department ofjustice l apply to everyone. the department ofjustice says he held onto hundreds of classified documents including ones about america's nuclear weapons, and plans on how to retaliate against a foreign attack and then refused to hand them back when asked. he denies it. . ., , .,
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them back when asked. he denies it. . ., it. the ridiculous and basement indictment _ it. the ridiculous and basement indictment of _ it. the ridiculous and basement indictment of me _ it. the ridiculous and basement indictment of me by _ it. the ridiculous and basement indictment of me by the - it. the ridiculous and basement indictment of me by the biden l indictment of me by the biden administration weaponised department of injustice will go down as among the most horrific abuses of power in the history of our country.— of our country. florida has become — of our country. florida has become republican - of our country. florida has - become republican stronghold in years, but do these piling lawsuits trouble voters? i years, but do these piling lawsuits trouble voters? i love him and then _ lawsuits trouble voters? i love him and then i _ lawsuits trouble voters? i love him and then i hate _ lawsuits trouble voters? i love him and then i hate him - lawsuits trouble voters? i love him and then i hate him but i him and then i hate him but it's like, he is also a realist and i am a realist. if he did something wrong he will be locked up. something wrong he will be locked unm— something wrong he will be locked up. prosecutors have brou:ht locked up. prosecutors have brought the _ locked up. prosecutors have brought the case _ locked up. prosecutors have brought the case to - locked up. prosecutors have brought the case to florida | brought the case to florida because they wanted to be heard in the place where the alleged crimes happen. it means donald trump's fate could be decided by 12 citizens in a state he won twice in the last presidential election. so how is it will be to find an impartialjury?- is it will be to find an impartialjury? is it will be to find an imartial'u ? ., ., ., impartial 'ury? you have to find impartialjury? you have to find peeple _ impartialjury? you have to find people who _ impartialjury? you have to find people who may - impartialjury? you have to find people who may have l impartialjury? you have to| find people who may have a opinion but can set aside the opinion but can set aside the opinion and focus solely on the evidence submitted to the court room. ., ., ., ., evidence submitted to the court room-_ he i room. could he go to 'ail? he could, room. could he go to 'ail? he could. some t room. could he go to 'ail? he
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could, some of h room. could he go to 'ail? he could, some of these_ room. could he go to jail? he could, some of these charges carry 20 years. could, some of these charges carry 20 years-— carry 20 years. the trial of the man — carry 20 years. the trial of the man running _ carry 20 years. the trial of the man running to - carry 20 years. the trial of the man running to be - carry 20 years. the trial of - the man running to be president again could extend into the 2024 campaign season and beyond the election. to steal one of his lines, american will have never seen in thing like it. nomia iqbal, bbc news. live now to joseph moreno, former federal prosecutor at the us department ofjustice. this is really extraordinary once again, looking at the second time this year that donald trump has been charged with a crime. give us your take on how this will play out today in florida?— in florida? well, you are correct. _ in florida? well, you are correct, even _ in florida? well, you are correct, even though - in florida? well, you are correct, even though we| in florida? well, you are . correct, even though we are paired now three days to absorb this, it is still extraordinary, you have a former president and current candidate who could possibly be a future president facing federal charges. it is a little different than what happened in new york a few months ago because i think even though
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many of his critics, felt that those charges were old and there was some legal question that many people did take them quite seriously stopping these federal charges are very serious. —— did not take them seriously soppy they are recent there is no question about the core facts, we know donald trump had these documents in florida, we know he had many months to turn them back involuntarily and we know ultimately it took a raid by the fbi to recover them. so the reality is his facing some real potential consequences here and i think rather than give speeches and make boasts about how the justice department is illegitimate, he should focus on his defence. irate illegitimate, he should focus on his defence.— illegitimate, he should focus on his defence. ~ ~ ., ., on his defence. we know what he would do. — on his defence. we know what he would do. he _ on his defence. we know what he would do, he will _ on his defence. we know what he would do, he will make _ on his defence. we know what he would do, he will make those - would do, he will make those speeches and will say this is a witch—hunt, that he is completely innocent, that this is the establishment trying to remove him from politics. if we look at the actual case that
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this one presents to him in florida, it is about national security files as you said that were not handed back to the authorities, and is that the difference here between situation and of presidentjoe biden and former vice president mike ince who were also found to have national security files in their homes? if to have national security files in their homes?— to have national security files in their homes? if you separate those cases. — in their homes? if you separate those cases, you _ in their homes? if you separate those cases, you can _ in their homes? if you separate those cases, you can almost. those cases, you can almost classify them as perhaps carelessness, which is still could be illegal, but once they were discovered, the individuals with those cases were completely cooperative, they did not fight with the fbi, they said come to my home, look around, take whatever you think is appropriate and go. so it is more of a negligence kind of standard there. you could criminalise that in cases like that most prosecutors would give them a pass because of how cooperative they were. donald trump on the other hand had many months in negotiations
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with the national archives, to give these documents back. then he was faced with a subpoena which is compulsory, and at that point rather than give them all back to the government, he basically submitted a sworn statement saying, i have given you everything, the government obviously felt otherwise and then a few months later they found over 100 more document when they rated his compound. it's a combination of... when they rated his compound. it's a combination of. . .- it's a combination of... sorry to interrupt _ it's a combination of... sorry to interrupt you, _ it's a combination of. .. sorry to interrupt you, i _ it's a combination of... sorry to interrupt you, i want - it's a combination of... sorry to interrupt you, i want to i it's a combination of... sorryl to interrupt you, i want to ask you very briefly for your view if this does go to trial, he is before a jury, 12 local citizens, how will the politics play a part in this? it citizens, how will the politics play a part in this?— play a part in this? it only takes one _ play a part in this? it only takes one jury, _ play a part in this? it only takes one jury, one - play a part in this? it only takes one jury, one juror| play a part in this? it only i takes one jury, one juror to hang takes onejury, onejuror to hang thejury, which means you cannot victim unless you have all 12, the government will have to be either very confident in its charges that it will get a fair shake by any 12 people in florida or is there is the possibility this
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could go on for a long time because if you get a hung jury the government has to retry and start all over again or it could give up at that point. irate could give up at that point. we appreciate the time, thank you very much. the official inquiry into the uk government's handling of the covid—19 pandemic will start to hear evidence today from people who lost loved ones to the illness, or suffered with it themselves. the inquiry began last year but today is the first public hearing — with evidence expected to be heard for at least three years. covid has been included on the death certificates of more than 225,000 people in the uk. with more details, here's our health correspondent catherine burns. headlines for you at six o'clock, nine dead and 400 infected with a mystery virus infected with a mystery virus in china. for many this feels like a long time ago. the numbers were relatively small at first. within just two
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months the impact was becoming clear. ., , , clear. from this evening i must rive the clear. from this evening i must give the british _ clear. from this evening i must give the british people - clear. from this evening i must give the british people a - give the british people a simple instruction. you must stay at home.— simple instruction. you must stay at home. from lockdown to cla for stay at home. from lockdown to clap for carers. _ stay at home. from lockdown to clap for carers, from _ stay at home. from lockdown to clap for carers, from rising - clap for carers, from rising debt poles to the first vaccines, we have lived through several covid—19 milestones, and this morning a new one, the start of the next phase of the uk covid—19 public enquiry. in a preliminary hearing last year the chair was clear about what herjob is. mr; the chair was clear about what herjob is— her 'ob is. my principal aim is to herjob is. my principal aim is to produce — herjob is. my principal aim is to produce reports, _ herjob is. my principal aim is to produce reports, and - to produce reports, and recommendations, before another disaster strikes in nations of the united kingdom. and if it is possible, to reduce the number of deaths, the suffering, and the hardship. she will start today with a film showing the impact of the pandemic, then the focus for the next six weeks will shift to deal with her first question — was the uk prepared for this?
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it is important those key questions are addressed about how ready we were, whether we had the right investment and the right staff and health service to be resilient enough to respond to a major like that. lots of questions about the ongoing management of the pandemic need to be looked at, it important those questions are not dodged and those that had to pick up the pieces in the nhs those people who lost loved ones and family members know there been accountability and some of the lessons have been learned so we avoid the same mistakes in the future. the enquiry will be split into several modules, this first pandemic. this will hear from 70 witnesses. then political decisions will come under the spotlight, followed by the impact on the nhs across the uk. the enquiry will look at vaccines and drugs, modules have been announced on government procurement and social care but we can expect others later, for example how this affected education and
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business. the government says it is committed to learning from the enquiries of the findings and says it will consider all recommendations makes but expect a distraction in these early weeks as it goes to court to try to avoid handing over what it says it saysis handing over what it says it says is irrelevant material 5°ppy says is irrelevant material soppy enquiry insiders are confident they will win, though. catherine burns, bbc news. the us military�*s central command says 22 service members were injured in what it called a helicopter mishap in northeastern syria. a statement said no enemy fire was reported and the cause of the incident, which took place on sunday, was under investigation. it said those injured were receiving treatment and ten have been evacuated to what it called higher care facilities. president zelensky says he's discussing with military commanders what action they can take to break russian positions in ukraine's counteroffensive. he said his troops were facing tough battles but had been moving forward. 90 square kilometres are said
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to have been retaken in the past week. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has said peace could be brought closer by ukrainian success on the battlefield. these success of ukraine in the counteroffensive would do two things, strengthen its position at any negotiating table that emerges and, it may have the effect as well of actually causing president putin to finally focus on negotiating an end to the war that he started. a prosecutor in northern france says the suspect in the fatal shooting of an 11—year—old british girl has been charged with murder. the girl, who's been named as solene thornton, was playing in her garden when she was shot dead. the girl's father was seriously injured. the incident happened in a village near campear in brittany. hugh schofield reports. the thorntons from oldham had been living contentedly with their
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two daughters in this peaceful brittany village for four years, but on saturday, their happiness was shattered. it was at ten o'clock on saturday evening. the girls were playing in the swings over there. the parents were at the barbecue and that bench there, when suddenly, through the hedge on the other side of the play area, shots rang out. 11—year—old solenne thornton was hit. she died in her mother's arms. her parents were also injured, her father seriously. the shots came from this property, owned by a 71—year—old dutchman called dirk raats. locals said he was a recluse. translation: we know nothing about him. i only ever saw him from behind. if you ask me what he looked like, i couldn't tell you cos i never saw his face. the local mayor said there'd been a dispute going back at least three years after the dutchman complained about mr thornton clearing his land. translation: it's a feeling of horror, of shock, because when you hurt
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children, it's dramatic. tonight, police said that mr raats and his wife tested positive to alcohol and cannabis. he's been charged with murder. in the village, there's stunned incomprehension. hugh schofield, bbc news, saint—herbot. there's been a backlash from women's rights activists against the jailing of a mother—of—three who lied to obtain tablets to end her pregnancy during lockdown. carla foster was sentenced to 28 months in prison for inducing an abortion after the legal limit of 24 weeks. thousands of people in pakistan and india have been evacuated from coastal areas around the arabian sea ahead of a cyclone which will make landfall on thursday. the indian state of gujarat is expected to be directly hit but the authorities in the pakistani provinces of sindh and balochistan are closely monitoring the situation.
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the un cultural agency, unesco, says the united states wants to rejoin next month. donald trump withdrew the us in 2018, alleging unesco was biased against israel. washington provided almost a quarter of unesco's budget but its payments were suspended when palestine was admitted as a member in 2011. a state funeral will be held in milan on wednesday for the former italian prime minister silvio berlusconi. he has died at the age of 86 after leading his country three times. he became the longest serving italian prime minister since the second world war. but he was equally well known for his scandals. bethany bell reports from milan. flags are flying at half mast here in italy for silvio berlusconi, this polarising controversial figure who dominated italian
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politics for many years. and tributes have been coming in from italy's prime minister, giorgia meloni, who said he was an influential figure in the history of italy and from his political rivals, people like the former italian prime minister matteo renzi who said many people loved him and many people hated him but nobody could deny the unprecedented impact he had on italian political life, economic life, television life, sporting life, a realfigure here in this country. his funeral is planned for wednesday at the duomo, the cathedral in milan where the archbishop is expected to preside over that and people are also speculating about what will happen to his party, forza italia, which is one of thejunior parties in italy's coalition
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government. so much of its time, it was dominated by mr berlusconi and some people speculate that politicians may defect to other parties within the coalition government and others say perhaps members of mr berlusconi's own party could take over the political force. but, certainly, many people here in italy whether they loved or hated mr berlusconi know that this is a moment, the end of an era. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. voiceover: bbc news - bringing you different stories from across the uk. these are known as robot ants, picking online shopping orders instead of humans. they could be yourself clothes or make—up in the 60,000 bins under here, in the 60,000 bins under here, in at this new distribution centre for the firm active ants. these robots arejust like the one next to me, are
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picking those plastic boxes when we get consumer orders, and presenting them to the ground level. aha, and presenting them to the ground level.— ground level. a part of the world where _ ground level. a part of the world where so _ ground level. a part of the world where so many - ground level. a part of the l world where so many people ground level. a part of the - world where so many people work in logistics, the obvious question is, what to all these robots — question is, what to all these robots mean forjobs?- question is, what to all these robots mean forjobs? robots mean for 'obs? when it's eak robots mean for 'obs? when it's peak _ robots mean forjobs? when it's peak season, like _ robots mean forjobs? when it's peak season, like november, i peak season, like november, december, we need to fly people in from other countries to work in from other countries to work in the uk and then we have to fly them back. so we think with robots working together with humans, we can have a more sustainable set—up than flying all the people in. sustainable set-up than flying all the people in.— all the people in. greater use of robots _ all the people in. greater use of robots will _ all the people in. greater use of robots will have _ all the people in. greater use of robots will have winners i all the people in. greater use | of robots will have winners and losers. but it seems their role is only increasing. voiceover: for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. palestinians under the age of 30 have never had a chance to vote in an election and many say they have little faith in the palestinian leadership. exclusive data shared with the bbc suggests they are increasingly rejecting
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the idea of a two—state solution to the israeli—palestinian conflict. at the same time, support for armed confrontation is highest amongst under 30—year—olds. nawal al—maghafi reports. summer isa summer is a 28—year—old photographer. she's grown up in bethlehem in the occupied palestinian territories. but has never had the chance to vote in a general election. i don't feel like i have the freedom of self—expression in the political sphere. our basic rights are violated from the occupation forces. so why are we also experiencing a similar violence from what is supposed to be our own leadership? exclusive data shared with the bbc has tracked the changing views of 18 to 29—year—old palestinians over the last decade. it suggests this
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generation shows a growing trend of dissatisfaction for their own leadership. the youth discontent _ their own leadership. the youth discontent is _ their own leadership. the youth discontent is driven _ their own leadership. the youth discontent is driven to - their own leadership. the youth discontent is driven to a i their own leadership. the youth discontent is driven to a large i discontent is driven to a large extent by one, the lack of legitimacy they see in the political system, without elections since 2006. so we have a president who, for the last 14 years, has been ruling without electoral legitimacy. it's 2:00am a refugee camp and members of the brigade are conducting training exercises. mostly men in their 20s, these fighters are independent of known militant groups and have publicly rejected links to political parties in their country. translation: the youth of palestine have lost hope with the political process of the last 30 years. young people today go towards death, because they believe it gives them a
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rest. a , they believe it gives them a rest. . , ., , they believe it gives them a rest. . , ., rest. many palestinians who were born — rest. many palestinians who were born inside _ rest. many palestinians who were born inside the i rest. many palestinians who were born inside the border| rest. many palestinians who l were born inside the border of israel, find themselves excluded from being part of the palestinian system. i’m excluded from being part of the palestinian system.— palestinian system. i'm not recognised _ palestinian system. i'm not recognised as _ palestinian system. i'm not recognised as part - palestinian system. i'm not recognised as part of i palestinian system. i'm not recognised as part of the i recognised as part of the palestinian system in the west back —— bank. according to israeli law i'm not even supposed to be here. the 2-state — supposed to be here. the 2-state solution - supposed to be here. the 2-state solution is i supposed to be here. the 2-state solution is the i 2—state solution is the internationally backed formula for peace, but the data shows a dramatic decline in support for this, with least support among young palestinians. the two-state _ young palestinians. the two-state solution i young palestinians. the two-state solution is i young palestinians. tue two—state solution is really — it's a corpse of a political project. it's not about a state, if you ask me. it's a five—year—old that can take a look at the map and tell you this doesn't work. i’m look at the map and tell you this doesn't work.— look at the map and tell you this doesn't work. i'm tired of these questions. _ this doesn't work. i'm tired of these questions. they i this doesn't work. i'm tired of these questions. they all i this doesn't work. i'm tired of these questions. they all ring i these questions. they all ring these questions. they all ring the same to me. and they've been — the same to me. and they've been asked for so many years.
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and _ been asked for so many years. and they— been asked for so many years. and they have not brought change _ and they have not brought change. and i think it's time to change _ change. and i think it's time to change the questions. questions that this generation are already asking. dramatic thunderstorms have brought flash flooding and transport chaos to parts of the uk. the storms turned many roads into rivers and caused dozens of flights to be cancelled. vincent mcaviney reports. after a weekend of sunshine with temperatures topping 30 degrees celsius in parts of the country, it was inevitable that storms would follow. in north london, cars had to traverse deep puddles after downpours caused flash flooding. in maiden head, it was much the same. drivers in hendon had to
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pause theirjourneys due to poor visibility. and on the m1, cars had to pass under a waterfall.— cars had to pass under a waterfall.- 0ver| cars had to pass under a i waterfall.- over 7,500 waterfall. whooo! over 7,500 li . htnin . waterfall. whooo! over 7,500 lightning strikes _ waterfall. whooo! over 7,500 lightning strikes were - waterfall. whooo! over 7,500| lightning strikes were recorded nationwide, with more expected. despite the bad weather causing delays, thousands of manchester city fans lined the streets for the open top parade celebrating the open top parade celebrating the club's treble. the players, still on a victorious high, seemed unfazed, taking their shirts off as they paraded their new silverware. for travellers, it was less joyous, with thunderstorms having cancelled flights. tuesday is set to be dry and more settled
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with large amounts of sunshine, but with yellow warnings in place for much of northern ireland and scotland, we could see more storm disruption. politicians in europe will vote on a proposal to bring in a law that would govern the use of artificial intelligence. here's simi jolaoso with more. artificial intelligence has beenin artificial intelligence has been in the news a lot lately, whether it's students using apps like chatgpt to write up essays, or medical experts using ai tools to advance research on cancer. there's those ai generated photos, videos, and music making the rounds, and those have sparked concerns around copyright and also around the spread of disinformation. so lawmakers, especially in europe, have decided to do something about it. introducing the artificial intelligence act. members of the european parliament want to make sure ai is safe,
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transparent, traceable, non—discriminatory and environmentally friendly. if approved, it will be the first of its kind in the world. the idea is to govern the use of ai based on three levels of risk, starting with unacceptable risk, that is when ai is used for things deemed so unethical, such as biometric surveillance, or even using it to keep kind of social scores on people, think of netflix's black mirror. the next is high risk, things that may cause harm to people's health, harm to the environment or affect people's fundamental rights. for example, an ai tool that scans cvs in order to rankjob applicants, which is fine, so long as it abides by certain rules, it doesn't discriminate against applicants based on their race, age, or gender. next, ai apps and tools that doesn't pose any high risk. when will this ai act become
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law? well, it might still take some time. the european parliament are set to vote on the current draft injune. even then, it will only become law once both the european parliament and the european council have agreed on it. others laws are changing in france that impact business. we'll talk about that next. hello there. it was a busy old start to our working week — hot and humid for all of us. in fact, it was the warmest day of the year so far, with some late afternoon sunshine across northern ireland, a hot day across southern scotland and, as you can see, in north wales as well, temperatures in the high 20s. northwest england saw a high of 31 degrees as well. that heat and humidity helped to trigger off some sharp, thundery downpours, and you can see in cheshire, the threatening—looking skies, those thunderstorms that threatened to spoil the parade in manchester.
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now, we had over a couple of inches of rain in highland scotland from those storms. they were quite widespread with over 7,500 lightning strikes at one point through the middle part of the afternoon. the showers have eased away, but it's still quite a mild start to the day. tuesday morning seeing temperatures into the mid—teens first thing. there'll be plenty of early—morning sunshine to look out for as well. but there will be a change to come — a little bit more cloud just clinging on to the isles of scilly and maybe cornwall, and a few isolated showers, just a few across england and wales — these shouldn't be thundery either. we should see some sharp, thundery downpours perhaps into the west of northern ireland and the far northwest of scotland. but in comparison to monday's weather, it won't be quite as widespread that rain, and it'll still be quite warm. yes, the northern isles, a little cool and cloudy, but 21—27 degrees in scotland, 25 in northern ireland and generally the high 20s across england and wales. now, through the rest of the week, it's going
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to start to gradually feel less humid. we keep a lot of dry and sunny weather, though. the reason why we're losing that humidity is the position of the high. the wind direction swings round from a southeasterly to a light easterly direction, so it's not going to produce some cloud coming in off the north sea like we had around a week ago. it's still going to keep a lot of fine, dry weather, but there is a risk of a little bit more cloud into eastern scotland, and maybe some cloud lingering across southwest england as well. but look at the temperatures — still slightly above the average for the time of year. generally around 21—27 degrees the high — that's the 80s — and this dry, settled, sunny theme continues right throughout the week and largely into the weekend. just a slim chance of some rain from monday onwards.
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the situation. live from london, this is bbc news. wall street rallies as investors look forward to us inflation data. and expectations are high that it'll show signs of slowing. what's changed in the ukjobs market? we are about to find out as the squeeze on pay continues and wage increases fail to keep up with rising prices. a fresh wave of protests threatens a huge oil refinery complex in india with many wondering if the $40 billion project will ever complete. and a new law in france aims to protect customers
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