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by sec by bbc panorama. uncovered by bbc panorama. # hold me closer tiny dancer... # eltonjohn # hold me closer tiny dancer... # elton john closest # hold me closer tiny dancer... # eltonjohn closest glastonbury festival in the final show of his farewell uk tour. more on that in a moment or two but let's head to the bbc sport centre and cross over to gavin. the former scotland manager craig brown has died at the age of 82. he was the national team's longest serving manager over a period from 1993-2001, the last serving manager over a period from 1993—2001, the last man to take scotland to a world cup finals in 1998. chris mclaughlin reports. he was the unassuming teacher with the enviable managerial record. a man who led scotland to tournaments so often it became the norm. before his days in coaching, a young craig brown played for falkirk and dundee. but a knee problem forced him from
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the pitch to the dugout. after ten seasons as manager of clyde he joined the scotland setup, first as assistant boss in 1980s it is. he was to stay with the national setup until 2001. as assistant or boss he helped scotland to fool major tournaments, the last being the world cup in france in 1998. he resigned in 2001 after world cup qualification failure. i resigned in 2001 after world cup qualification failure.— qualification failure. i would say it has been _ qualification failure. i would say it has been a — qualification failure. i would say it has been a wonderful - qualification failure. i would say i it has been a wonderful impossible job. the truth is i'm in between brilliant and hopeless. he wasn't finished with _ brilliant and hopeless. he wasn't finished with management, - brilliant and hopeless. he wasn't i finished with management, though. brilliant and hopeless. he wasn't - finished with management, though. he had spells with preston, motherwell and aberdeen, moving to the pittodrie board room in 2013. latterly he spent most of his time with his family in ayrshire where he says he found real peace. it with his family in ayrshire where he says he found real peace.— says he found real peace. it makes ou says he found real peace. it makes you reflect — says he found real peace. it makes you reflect and _ says he found real peace. it makes you reflect and it _ says he found real peace. it makes you reflect and it makes _
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says he found real peace. it makes you reflect and it makes you - you reflect and it makes you grateful. there is no one more grateful. there is no one more grateful than i am for the time i've had in football.— grateful than i am for the time i've had in football. craig brown who has died at the age _ had in football. craig brown who has died at the age of _ had in football. craig brown who has died at the age of 82. _ had in football. craig brown who has died at the age of 82. luka - had in football. craig brown who has died at the age of 82. luka modric. died at the age of 82. luka modric has signed a one—year contract extension with real madrid, it will be his 12th season at the club. during that time the croatian international has won five champions league trophies and three la liga titles and was one of the ballon d'or in 2018. he is made nearly 500 d'0r in 2018. he is made nearly 500 appearances for real madrid and turns 38 in september. manchester city have confirmed their treble winning captain ilkay gundogan joined barcelona on a free transfer. the germany midfielder made more than 300 appearances for city since becoming pep guardiola's first signing in 2016. iain won 12 major trophies with the club and said it was a privilege to play for city with hundreds of unforgettable moments. in the cricket, australia have won the open of the sheer�*s ashes after some clinical bowling on the final day of the test. the tourists winning by 89 runs and
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striking the first blow in this multiformat series. england resume on 116—5 at trent bridge but finished 178 all out. australia had ash gardner to thanker, she took all five that wickets before lunch. australia with four points from the touch, there are six white ball games to come with two points on offer. elena rybakina has pulled out offer. elena rybakina has pulled out of eastbourne, one of the warm—ups to s w 19. concerns of her fitness to s w 19. concerns of her fitness to defend her wimbledon title. she withdrew before the third round match of the tournament last month because of a viral illness and last week lost to donna vekic in the last 16 saying she still wasn't 100% physically as a result of that. on the court britton plasmid harriet dart shows she was delighted to see off zhang shuai in eastbourne. she won the first set 7—5 and was hit back to in the second in a tie—break. there was no messing in the third, 6—1 she won. karolina
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pliskova isn't of the second round after her opponent retired. elise mertens in the third set. that's all the sport for now. we will be back with more later on. we will see you then. returning to events over the weekend in russia. josep borrell is speaking in russia. josep borrell is speaking in luxembourg. in in russia. josep borrell is speaking in luxembourg.— in russia. josep borrell is speaking in luxembourg. in ukraine, a support for a fair, in luxembourg. in ukraine, a support for a fair. just — in luxembourg. in ukraine, a support for a fair, just and _ in luxembourg. in ukraine, a support for a fair, just and lasting _ in luxembourg. in ukraine, a support for a fair, just and lasting peace. - for a fair, just and lasting peace. the following important issue we deal with is the european union and latin american and caribbean relations, we are going to have this summit in brussels on the 17th and 18th ofjuly. we considered this a strategic imperative. in this geopolitical context we cannotjust geopolitical context we cannot just rely geopolitical context we cannotjust rely on our traditional ties. we
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need to take cooperation at the higher level, exchange views on the new agenda for relations between the european union and latin america. those comments arejust european union and latin america. those comments are just starting so we will come away and keep an ear across that and anything especially significant in reflections we have seen over the last couple of days in russia we will obviously return and play you that. let's head live to brussels now. drjoana de deus pereira, senior research fellow at rusi europe specialising in counter—terrorism. thank you forjoining us. your overriding analysis of everything we saw over the weekend with the wagner group? saw over the weekend with the wagner grou - ? . ~ saw over the weekend with the wagner grou? . ~' ,, saw over the weekend with the wagner grou? ., ~ i., ., saw over the weekend with the wagner grou - ? ., ~ i., ., ., ., group? thank you for the invitation. first of all. — group? thank you for the invitation. first of all. i — group? thank you for the invitation. first of all, i think— group? thank you for the invitation. first of all, i think we _ group? thank you for the invitation. first of all, i think we must - group? thank you for the invitation. first of all, i think we must stick- first of all, i think we must stick to the facts. what has really happened. and also taking into consideration the immense information void that we have, we must be very cautious. so i think we should stick to what we know and
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what we don't know. we know that since september 2022 there was an escalation regarding prigozhin's speech and building his political persona. we know that he was able to march almost 1000 kilometres without being stopped, and we know that on friday he made a 30 minute lecture, speech that openly, where he openly said 2014, the motives for the first invasion of crimea were fabricated. and then we have a response from president putin where he accuses him of being a traitor, where he gives a very emotional speech and it was a very emotional speech and it was a very strong one and we all thought that this would have an outcome for prigozhin. so the facts are that
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prigozhin. so the facts are that prigozhin almost enters moscow. he is the one who labels the march in march forjustice, and he is the one who says he's going back because he doesn't want to spill another drop of russian blood.— doesn't want to spill another drop of russian blood.- this - doesn't want to spill another drop of russian blood.- this is i doesn't want to spill another drop of russian blood. yeah. this is what we have right _ of russian blood. yeah. this is what we have right now. _ of russian blood. yeah. this is what we have right now. that _ of russian blood. yeah. this is what we have right now. that is _ of russian blood. yeah. this is what we have right now. that is what - of russian blood. yeah. this is what we have right now. that is what we | we have right now. that is what we have seen play _ we have right now. that is what we have seen play out. _ we have right now. that is what we have seen play out. even _ we have right now. that is what we have seen play out. even in - we have right now. that is what we have seen play out. even in termsl we have right now. that is what we i have seen play out. even in terms of charges, whether they are dropped or not quite dropped yet, that is still unclear exactly, as you are saying, there is so much to find detail about. but what are your reflections about. but what are your reflections about the potential for any sort of repeat at some stage, may be in the near future?— repeat at some stage, may be in the near future? precisely. my point was recisel near future? precisely. my point was precisely this- _ near future? precisely. my point was precisely this. it _ near future? precisely. my point was precisely this. it is _ near future? precisely. my point was precisely this. it is impossible - near future? precisely. my point was precisely this. it is impossible to - precisely this. it is impossible to rewind history and to rewind what was said and what was done. so we now have several scenarios ahead. i've been asked several times what is the future of wagner, what is the
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future of putin. from my professional point of view i think wagner will be surely rebranded. wagner will be surely rebranded. wagner in africa, for example, is a living ecosystem that is financing massively the war effort in russia. regarding putin, ithink massively the war effort in russia. regarding putin, i think it is too soon to say that he is weak or he is about to depart. in russia i wrote on friday, usually nothing is what it seems and what it seems is not frequently what it is. i think we need to be extremely cautious regarding this. there is also another point. putin is not gorbachev. he never portrayed himself as a weak leader. and i think we were listening to the vice presidentjosep borrell, i think one point is worth noting today, during the council, the hungarian foreign
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affairs minister came outside during the press conference and mentioned that he was aware of the negotiation of the deal that was made with prigozhin before it was made public. i don't know if this has caught the attention of the media but i think this is extremely important in terms of what is happening from today onwards. b, of what is happening from today onwards. �* ., ., , ., onwards. a final thought in terms of the practicalities _ onwards. a final thought in terms of the practicalities on _ onwards. a final thought in terms of the practicalities on the _ the practicalities on the battlefield, can the wagner group operate as effectively going forward, as they have done for many months now, russia's most potent force? i months now, russia's most potent force? ., �* , months now, russia's most potent force? , , force? i don't believe so because they were _ force? i don't believe so because they were effective _ force? i don't believe so because they were effective until - force? i don't believe so because they were effective until they - force? i don't believe so because i they were effective until they were known, actually, more effective until september 2022. the point from now onwards on what is going to
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happen from the soldiers from the wagner, are they going to unroll normally in mod? i do not believe. we have here a huge, huge emotional gap from both sides and for whatever it takes, what happened in the last 36 hours it will be a filter of who are the allies and who are the traitors for both sides. and i think this is probably the most common cliche, but i think this is the most important thing to understand. we can have, for example, a repetition of what happened with hitler after 44 and the massive bloodshed that came after the attack to his life. these are the most important points right now, to be cautious and to look at events as we should. dr
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joana de deus pereira, we have to leave it there, but thank you for joining us live from brussels. let's stay with international reaction there has been, there has been a reaction in washington, london and other european capitals. but china and iran are among russian allies who have been also reacting to the weekend's events. zari kargar explains. around the world have been watching closely the events over the weekend in russia, where an uprising by the wagner mercenary group has posed the most serious challenge to president vladimir putin's long rule, especially those countries who are close allies of russia, or those countries who have stayed neutral through its invasion of ukraine. china broke its silence over the weekend about the events in russia, with a foreign ministry spokesperson saying that china supported russia's ability in maintaining national stability. the chinese foreign ministry spokesperson went on to say that china and russia maintained
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good and close communications. the incident you mentioned involving the wagner group is russia's internal affairs. as a friendly neighbour and a comprehensive strategic partner in the new era, china supports and believes that russia can maintain national stability. however, chinese media outlets have continued emphasizing on kremlin's version of events, saying there has been a wagner incident and not naming prigozhin or people's support for him, support for him inside russia. chinese media outlets have also said that russian officials are in full control of the situation and that life for people inside the country continues as normal. another country expressing its open support for russia is iran, with some officials even going further, saying that the events over the weekend has been the result
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of western infiltration among the wagner mercenary group. iran has also said that it will not weaken russia's position in waragainst ukraine. turkey's president recep tayyip erdogan has held a phone conversation with russian president vladimir putin, saying turkey is ready to help in seeking a peaceful resolution to the events. among the former soviet union states kazakhstan has been the only country expressing open reaction to the events in russia over the weekend, with kazakh president saying that russia is a strategic ally. and it's also praised russia's ability in ending the military intervention over the weekend. and also, uzbekistan's president has held a phone conversation with vladimir putin over the weekend expressing his support to the country. zari kargar with some of the reaction. james cleverly will be
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speaking about some of the events in ukraine and russia over the last couple of days. late ukraine and russia over the last couple of days-— couple of days. we expect that around 4:30pm. _ couple of days. we expect that around 4:30pm. we _ couple of days. we expect that around 4:30pm. we will- couple of days. we expect that around 4:30pm. we will keep l couple of days. we expect that i around 4:30pm. we will keep an couple of days. we expect that - around 4:30pm. we will keep an eye on that and as soon as it starts we will carry it live on bbc news. let's turn to another important story. she was supposed to be on board but gave her place to her son. she was out at their word and suleman dawood were among the five men on board the submersible. she has been speaking exclusively to our correspondence nomia iqbal. the sentence... "we lost com". i think that will be a sentence i never want to hear in my life. like lost com, as in, we lost communication. were you on board the vessel?
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yes, i was on board the vessel. i was on the ship. i think i lost hope when we passed the 96 hours mark. that's when i lost hope. that's when i sent a message to my family on shore. i said, "i am preparing for the worst". that is when i lost hope, but my daughter, for example, she didn't lose hope until the call with the coastguard, when they basically informed us that they found debris. tell me some memories you have of your boy. he would not go anywhere without his rubik's cube. he used to teach himself through youtube, how to solve it, and he was really fast. i think his best was 12 seconds. what were your last moments or words you shared with your husband and son?
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do you remember that? wejust hugged and joked, actually. shahzada was so excited to go down. he was like a little child. i was really happy for them because both of them really wanted to do that for a very long time. so, it was supposed to be shahzada and i going down but then i stepped back and gave the space to suleman because he really wanted to go. a really moving interview and we will play a longer version of that a little later on our programme. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. climate change is a global problem but one way to tackle it could be found here. he guides me through a big field of barley in norfolk. 50
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big field of barley in norfolk. sr this is the sensor. big field of barley in norfolk. so this is the sensor. he _ big field of barley in norfolk. so this is the sensor. he wants - big field of barley in norfolk. so this is the sensor. he wants to l big field of barley in norfolk. so - this is the sensor. he wants to show me two sensors _ this is the sensor. he wants to show me two sensors. so _ this is the sensor. he wants to show me two sensors. so to _ this is the sensor. he wants to show me two sensors. so to sniffing - this is the sensor. he wants to show me two sensors. so to sniffing the l me two sensors. so to sniffing the air, is it? it me two sensors. so to sniffing the air, is it? . . . , air, is it? it is indeed and the gas is iioin air, is it? it is indeed and the gas is going through _ air, is it? it is indeed and the gas is going through these _ air, is it? it is indeed and the gas is going through these tubes. - air, is it? it is indeed and the gas| is going through these tubes. the as is is going through these tubes. the gas is called _ is going through these tubes. the gas is called dimethyl sulphide. the barley produces a compound turned by microbes in the soil into the gas, also known as dms. it is microbes in the soil into the gas, also known as dms.— microbes in the soil into the gas, also known as dms. it is a gas which can contribute _ also known as dms. it is a gas which can contribute to _ also known as dms. it is a gas which can contribute to climate _ also known as dms. it is a gas which can contribute to climate cooling. i can contribute to climate cooling. how is that?— can contribute to climate cooling. how is that? ~ . ., ., , how is that? when this gas evolves and makes its _ how is that? when this gas evolves and makes its way _ how is that? when this gas evolves and makes its way into _ how is that? when this gas evolves and makes its way into the - and makes its way into the atmosphere to form is cloud condensation nuclei promoting the formation of clouds which reflect solar radiation back into space essentially. h0 solar radiation back into space essentially-— solar radiation back into space essentially. solar radiation back into space essentiall . ., ., ~ ., , ., . essentially. no one knows how much of it comes — essentially. no one knows how much of it comes from _ essentially. no one knows how much of it comes from fields _ essentially. no one knows how much of it comes from fields of _ essentially. no one knows how much of it comes from fields of crops - essentially. no one knows how much of it comes from fields of crops far i of it comes from fields of crops far inland and that is what scientists inland and that is what scientists in norwich want to find out. more stories across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. breaking news, the leader of the
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wagner group yevgeniy prigozhin has just apparently released an 11 minute audio file in his first message since halting that mutiny over the weekend on saturday. in some key lines already dropping. these are the photographs of one he left rostov, that's the last known sighting of him. let me go through some of what is starting to emerge. he said we started our march due to injustice. he said no one in the wagner group had agreed to sign contracts with the defence ministry, and of course that is one of the sparks to what actually happened. he then went on to say we showed no aggression but we were hit by missiles and helicopters. a reference to some of those pictures we had seen on saturday as they marched towards moscow, halfway along that route there was that
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footage of a huge plume of black smoke. he also says again that we turned round to avoid spilling the blood of russian soldiers. he then again keeps referring to that change, that attempt to bring the wagner group within the russian military, calling that an injustice, calling that the spark in terms of why they decided to make this protest to march on moscow. we showed a masterclass, he said, in terms of some of the things that we were doing. and of course perhaps thatis were doing. and of course perhaps that is a reference to just how far they got in terms of that march towards moscow going through 200 kilometres in the space of 24 hours. we regret we had to hit russian aviation. that is a line that has just dropped because of course they
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fired back at russian helicopters. reports of some being brought down. but more of these lines coming in. worth repeating what i'm reading because this is an 11 minute audio file that has just come from the head of the wagner group. since that deal was brokered with the belarusian president, we have certainly seen no sight of prigozhin. and the exact details, of course, we still are trying to find out. he has also said in the last little while the aim of the march was to avoid the destruction of wagner. so a lot of lines coming out of that 11 minute audio file. we will continue to monitor that, go through that and bring you the latest lines. still no word in terms of where he actually physically is. of where he actually physically is. of course we know he has been sent of course we know he has been sent to exile in belarus but there has been no sighting of him since of
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course living rostov. those pictures we were showing you a short while ago. thatjust happening in the last little while so we will return to that in the next few moments. let's turn to another story. a japanese defence intelligence official has told the bbc his country's armed forces would be prepared to shoot down any chinese spy balloons, spotted overjapan's territory in the future. it follows a bbc panorama investigation that discovered evidence of one suspected surveillance balloon travelling overjapan in 2021. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera has more details. i am sitting in my driveway and this thing is up in the sky. it was february when residents of the us state of montana saw something strange in their skies. i know there is a lot of questions about the flying objects. the spy balloon was then spotted moving all the way across the us. they're shooting it! that balloon was eventually shot down, but its journey raised questions about the nature and reach of china's foreign surveillance operation.
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to find out more, bbc panorama has been working with corey jaskolski, founder of an artificial intelligence company. the ai has been sifting through millions of satellite images to track the balloon. we're looking for something that's maybe 40 metres across. and we're looking for that in millions, and millions, and millions of square kilometers of earth's surface. the balloon was tracked, passing close to a us nuclear base and all the way back to a probable launch site on hainan island in china. china claimed the balloon was a civilian airship used for scientific research, such as meteorology, and that it was an isolated event. but working with corey, the bbc can now reveal new details about other spy balloons. corey's ai programme discovered four satellite images of a balloon crossing northern japan in early september 2021. the japanese ministry of defence told the bbc that they suspected this was one of three chinese spy balloons that has flown over their territory since 2019.
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it is strongly presumed that the balloons were reconnaissance balloons flown by china. the ministry of defence of japan is taking all precautions to monitor the situation on a daily basis. japan says it's prepared to shoot down chinese balloons in the future. for protecting lives and property of people in the territory of japan, it is possible to respond to the situation with the use of a weapon. the ai software also found evidence of another balloon off the coast of taiwan. the taiwanese government says it believed this was a weather balloon. but corey says that's unlikely. so i suspect, just based on the diameter of the balloon and the fact that the operating altitudes look similar, that looks an awful lot like the balloon that flew over the united states, overjapan. the chinese embassy say they respect all countries' sovereignty and territorial integrity. this but former us intelligence officials say they believe china
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may be using balloons to intercept communications. if you're trying to pick up cell phone transmissions or understand communication patterns, then i could theoretically see where the balloon could be a useful platform for that. countries spy on each other all the time. but the very public nature of china's balloon flights has drawn new attention on the potential scale and ambition of china's surveillance programme. gordon corera, bbc news. and viewers here in the uk can catch the full panorama report — is china watching you? — on bbc iplayer now and on bbc one at 8pm tonight. now — it was the show to end all shows — as sir eltonjohn brought the sun down on the glastonbury festival — in his final performance in the uk.
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he delivered a masterclass in stagecraft and delivered a two hour set in which every song was a hit. the vast crowd was estimated to be over 120,000 people. great pictures from glastonbury yesterday. let's return it straightaway to the breaking news from yevgeniy prigozhin. he says that that march on moscow showed there are security problems in the country and he said we wanted to hold accountable those who have made mistakes during the special military operation. we are watching that and we will bring you demonstrate our protest was not to topple the governme will ieanwhile, demonstrate our protest was not to topple the governme will bring you, more here in a moment or two. watching that and we will bring you more here in a moment or two. hello. after all of the heat and the humidity of the weekend, a fresher story to take us through the week ahead. many areas did see some heavy thunderstorms overnight sunday, but to the south of the uk, many spots are still staying stubbornly dry. the cracked ground here in hampshire
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in terms of any meaningful rain and in terms of any meaningful rain for southernmost counties of england, perhaps later on this week. there is something to come. i'll show you that in a moment. here we are, though, this monday with high pressure to the south of the uk, low pressure pulling away to the northeast. a few showers to come through the remainder of the day across the northern half of the uk most of them fading out, though, once the sun begins to set. central and eastern areas staying clear overnight towards the west, a bit more cloud arriving, the breeze lifting a little. a cooler night than last night and many spots last night. temperatures didn't get out of the mid—teens. they will be lower tonight, perhaps as low as six degrees somewhere in eastern scotland. and then through tuesday, an area of low pressure tries to approach from the atlantic, feeding in a lot
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of high cloud, turning sunshine, hazy, some rain into northern england, northern ireland and scotland as we go into the afternoon to the south. bright skies. highs of 21, 22 degrees, 16 or 17 for northern scotland. and then overnight and into wednesday, we really start to pull in some humidity from the south. quite a muggy start to wednesday, a warmer night again tuesday night. and then for wednesday daytime, quite a lot of cloud around some heavier and more persistent rain getting into scotland, northern england and then some showers potentially running across eastern england. they could at times be heavy and thunder. and you can see the temperatures here have come back up again up into the mid twenties, 25 degrees, 17, 18 across most of scotland and northern ireland. and then it's what this trailing weather front does on thursday. that is the biggest question possibly in our forecast for the week ahead. will it stick around close to the southeast of the uk, bringing some much needed rain here or will it whisk away a little faster? current thinking has it perhaps bringing a decent amount of rain to the south east of england on thursday, 10—15 millimetres for some areas. but as we look at our forecast day on day, that is just changing a little. so we will firm that up close
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