tv The Context BBC News June 30, 2023 8:00pm-8:30pm BST
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you can see here, if we just walk around, these cars were torched. welcome to the programme. more clashes across france for a fourth night — as anger continues to spread following the shooting of a teenage boy by police on tuesday. 16,000 police have been deployed to deal with the riots. also on the programme. rishi sunak announces a major plan to help revive the nhs — with a focus on getting more nurses and doctors into the workforce. we'll have reaction from the head of nhs providers. a bbc investigation finds tiktok is not removing some videos that deny climate change — despite a promise that it would. and with over a million people
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expected to celebrate pride in london tomorrow — we will talk to the ukrainian singer representing her country in the parade. but first — to france, where in the last few minutes all bus and tram services have been stopped — under order of the interior minister. tensions are still running high after three days of violence over the police killing of a teenage boy in a paris suburb. and in the last hour police have confirmed that a young man has died after falling from a roof during the protests. armoured vehicles are being deployed to avoid more scenes like this — from last night. at least 875 people were arrested in clashes in multiple cities. speaking earlier, president emmanuel macron said that nothing can justify the violence. he criticised social media, saying it played a role in stoking the recent violence and that many of the protesters have been young teenagers. translation: there are lots of young people involved in these _ demonstrations, sometimes very young people. so it is the responsibility of parents to keep them at home. that is something which
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we all ought to do. parental responsibility must be engaged, and i should like to appeal to everybody�*s sense of responsibility here, mayors included. and the minister ofjustice will be taking all the necessary measures. the social network platforms have played a very conspicuous part in the events in the last couple of days. we have been looking at that. the organisation of violent meetings are convoked by social networks, but it also encourages copycat reactions, and these videos have intoxicated the young people. that was president micron speaking
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earlier _ rajini vaidyanathan in nanterre in paris... tell us what you have seen and heard today. in tell us what you have seen and heard toda . . . . tell us what you have seen and heard toda. . . . ., today. in particular, a message from the authorities, _ today. in particular, a message from the authorities, to _ today. in particular, a message from the authorities, to parents _ today. in particular, a message from the authorities, to parents as - today. in particular, a message from the authorities, to parents as well, | the authorities, to parents as well, telling them to make sure that their children are not taking part in these protests. we heard from president micron that a lot of large numbers of people who are participating in the violence were aged between 14 and i7. i am in nanterre, i am aged between 14 and i7. i am in nanterre, iam in aged between 14 and i7. i am in nanterre, i am in the central area, and this is where, last night in the early hours of the morning, there were a lot of violent clashes. we have seen shop fronts and buildings that were smashed. we have seen cash machines that were bashed apart. traffic lights that melted and all the fires that were burning. there were fireworks are let off here as well. quite a few things have been
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put in place to try to minimise the trouble tonight. for a start public transport has been suspended for another night. that is a huge deal here in paris, buses and trams. there has also been the ban of sales of fireworks and also more armoured police are going to be out tonight, including armoured police vehicles. another thing the government hopes will be a deterrent, but of course, you talk to people here and they say that they are deeply frustrated by the death of 17—year—old nahel. this is where his car was shot and where he was shot dead by police. you will see flowers that have been laid in his memory. there is a sign up there, in french, which says, how many nahels have we not seen on camera? the death of nahel was recorded on camera and that footage
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was played around the world. that has sparked some of the widespread angen has sparked some of the widespread anger. you talk to people here in this very diverse neighbourhood, who say, how many other people has this happened to? how many other young people have been targeted by the police? the heart of this is what people say. it is a real problem when it comes to the police here in france, who they say, are racist. you heard from the united nations today, all quebec is a win that, saying the french police do need to deal with what they say is a problem of racism. we heard from the french government a few hours later, saying there were no foundations in what there were no foundations in what the un said. many people here, whether they believe in the violence happening, orwhether whether they believe in the violence happening, or whether they say it shouldn't be happening, either way, there is that deep—rooted problem about the relationship that people have with the police. until that is addressed, we can expect these protests to continue. figs addressed, we can expect these protests to continue.— addressed, we can expect these protests to continue. as we heard from the authorities _ protests to continue. as we heard from the authorities there, - protests to continue. as we heard from the authorities there, there | protests to continue. as we heard l from the authorities there, there is a lot of concern about how many
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young people are involved in this. it couldn't have happened at a worse time for them, in the midst of summer, school holidays are about to start, a lot of young people with time on their hands and anger in their hearts. why is there so much anger? could you put that into context for us? its anger? could you put that into context for us?— anger? could you put that into context for us? its a little bit of what i have _ context for us? its a little bit of what i have just _ context for us? its a little bit of what i have just touched - context for us? its a little bit of what i have just touched upon. | context for us? its a little bit of - what i have just touched upon. that what i havejust touched upon. that relationship people have with the police. you have young people in many cases, feel that they don't have many prospects or hope. this is a very divided neighbourhood. there is a lot of inequality here, as well. i think the main thing people talk about is that relationship with the police. this, in the end, has to be dealt with by the president and the prime minister, you have emmanuel macron and the prime minister who have made various statements. the protesters aren't directing their ire at the politicians. they are directing it squarely at the police and what they say it's a broken trust, they
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believe the police are supposed to protect them and are simply not doing that. they say that the death of nahel has come to symbolise what i was saying before, what they believe is a deep—rooted problem, one that even the un raised today. i think the biggest question is, what will happen next if these protests keep on happening night after night? there has been some talk about whether the government would introduce a state of emergency. that would bring in widespread curfews and ban some public gatherings. that hasn't happened yet. it happened when there were those riots over a decade ago, and it did sort of make an impact back then. many people are debating whether that would be a good thing, whether that would provoke people even more at a time when tensions are very high. thank ou for when tensions are very high. thank you for that — when tensions are very high. thank you for that update _ when tensions are very high. thank you for that update from _ when tensions are very high. thank you for that update from paris. - thank you for that update from paris. it's no secret that the national health service in england —
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the nhs — has been struggling for years — with high wait times, understaffing and a lack of hospital beds. and the government has announced a plan today to try and fix it. the nhs will get more than 300,000 extra staff over the next few years with an extra £21; billion injected into the health services. the prime minister says it's the largest single expansion in training in the history of the nhs — labour says the government has simply adopted its ideas. to discuss this plan more, i am joined by sirjulian hartley, the chief executive of nhs providers. thank you very much forjoining us and speaking to us. can we get a sense from you, how important do you feel this plan is for the nhs? i think it's incredibly important and it comes at a crucial time for the nhs, which is under enormous pressure. chief amongst those pressures is workforce. to have this plan published at this point, we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the nhs next week, and the nhs has
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always relied incredibly heavily on the quality of its staff. this plan is vital in the sense that it looks ahead, 15 years, and sets out the growth of doctors, nurses, all of the allied health professions, and i think that crucially, addresses the important question of retention. it is notjust about bringing in more staff, it is about how we keep and support our existing staff over that period. support our existing staff over that eriod. ,., ., support our existing staff over that eriod, , , ., support our existing staff over that eriod. , , . , support our existing staff over that eriod. , . , ., , support our existing staff over that eriod. ,. , ., , support our existing staff over that eriod. ,. ,., , period. good plan is only as good as the implementation. _ period. good plan is only as good as the implementation. do _ period. good plan is only as good as the implementation. do you - period. good plan is only as good as the implementation. do you have i period. good plan is only as good as. the implementation. do you have any concerns about how that is going to work? i concerns about how that is going to work? ~ , ., ., . work? i think it is going to mean that all nhs _ work? i think it is going to mean that all nhs organisations - work? i think it is going to mean that all nhs organisations will i work? i think it is going to mean | that all nhs organisations will be gearing up to make sure that they have the capacity to train and develop that increasing number of doctors, nurses, that are put forward in the plan. 0ver doctors, nurses, that are put forward in the plan. over the next five years, £21; billion will back
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up five years, £21; billion will back up the way that we managed to ramp up up the way that we managed to ramp up training places and capacity to do that. i think one of the risks around this is obviously the nhs and social care are inextricably linked and social care is experiencing or two enormous pressures on its own workforce. addressing these challenges is important in enabling the nhs workforce plan to make progress. also i think what is going to be really crucial is the fact that we are going to see more colleagues getting a chance to come into the nhs through an apprenticeship route. that will widen participation in the context of nhs employment, and also the use of nhs employment, and also the use of technology is a big part of this. that is going to mean more rapid treatment. it will mean use of artificial intelligence, robots and so on, and a different way of skills being deployed across the nhs. 50 it being deployed across the nhs. so it could be a really— being deployed across the nhs. so it could be a really good way to get more people into the walk fails. what about the workforce that does exist? there are concerns about
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working conditions, about pay conditions. how will they be resolved?— conditions. how will they be resolved? ~ ., conditions. how will they be resolved? ~ . ., resolved? we are in the middle of resolved? we are in the middle of pretty much _ resolved? we are in the middle of pretty much the — resolved? we are in the middle of pretty much the longest _ resolved? we are in the middle of pretty much the longest period i resolved? we are in the middle of pretty much the longest period of| pretty much the longest period of industrial action the nhs had faced. looking ahead to a five—day strike ofjunior doctors, followed by two days of consultant action. we need resolution of that. it is crucial that we get that resolved as quickly as possible because it is having a damaging effect on the nhs's ability to deliver on its ability to treat as many patients as it can in context of getting waiting lists down. we need to see those issues resolved if we are really going to deliver on what we see in this plan. and of course, many staff are fatigued, under pressure, so the part of the plan that is about supporting the workforce, in terms of childcare, flexibility, health and well—being, all of that is vital to be focus on right now if we are going to improve the current set of
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circumstances the nhs faces for its staff. ., ., , circumstances the nhs faces for its staff. . . , , circumstances the nhs faces for its staff. . . , ., , staff. that really does help our understanding _ staff. that really does help our understanding of _ staff. that really does help our understanding of this, - staff. that really does help our understanding of this, very - staff. that really does help our i understanding of this, very good staff. that really does help our - understanding of this, very good to have you joining us. sirjulian hartley, the chief executive of nhs providers. good to have you on the context today. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's take a look at some other stories making news across the uk. former senior civil servant sue gray has been cleared to start working for the labour party from september. parliament's appointments advisory body recommended a six month break from when she quit as an official in march. some tories had expressed anger at the job offer. they said it undermined the impartiality of her report on lockdown gatherings in no 10, which contributed to borisjohnson�*s downfall. a uk government minister, who was accused of being part of a campaign to undermine an inquiry into borisjohnson, has resigned — and immediately launched an attack on rishi sunak. lord goldsmith accused mr sunak of being "simply
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uninterested" in climate issues. households across the uk will pay less for gas and electricity from this weekend — when a new energy price cap comes into effect. the price cap sets a limit on how much customers can be charged for units of energy — from tomorrow that will work out at around £2,000 foran average household over a year. but it's still almost double what prices were three years ago. you're live with bbc news. this is the context. to the us now and a day after a landmark ruling on affirmative action by college admission boards — the conservative— leaning surpreme court has delivered two more massive judgments. the court blocked president biden�*s plan to forgive student loan debt for more than a0 million americans. his plan, announced last year, would have forgiven up to $10,000 per borrower, and in some cases $20,000. in a blow to lgbt rights, the top us court ruled that the constitutional right
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to free speech allows certain businesses to refuse to provide services for same—sex weddings, ruling in favour of a web designer who cited her christian beliefs in challenging a colorado anti—discrimination law. 0ur correspondentjess parker joins me now from washington. two significant rulings today. let's start with getting a bit more detail on this one about president biden�*s student debt forgiveness plan. yes. student debt forgiveness plan. yes, president biden, _ student debt forgiveness plan. yes, president biden, in _ student debt forgiveness plan. yes, president biden, in his _ student debt forgiveness plan. 1a: president biden, in his 2020 election campaign, had talked about how he wanted to tackle student debt and it was seen as an important thing to energise, particularly younger voters. thing to energise, particularly youngervoters. high thing to energise, particularly younger voters. high political stakes riding on this, the white house will be extremely disappointed, it is a major political low that the supreme court has essentiallyjinxed this plan which, as you were saying, could have seen some borrowers get $10,000
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of relief and others, even up to $20,000 of relief. it was a huge plan in total, costing somewhere in the region of over $400 billion. president biden was accused of overreaching his powers by using an old act in order to modify student financial assistance. what the court has found, and the argument against president biden was, that this was far beyond any kind of modification and that he didn't actually have the authority to do it. now the big question, and we will hear from president biden shortly, is what else might he try to do to ease that dead burden. —— debt burden. students want to see more action because of this mounting student debt and the burden they say it is placing on them. we debt and the burden they say it is placing on them-— debt and the burden they say it is placing on them. we are expecting president biden _ placing on them. we are expecting president biden to _ placing on them. we are expecting president biden to speak— placing on them. we are expecting president biden to speak from - placing on them. we are expecting president biden to speak from the | president biden to speak from the white house very soon. that second ruling again, at the heart of it, a graphic designer, citing her christian faith.—
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graphic designer, citing her christian faith. , , , . christian faith. yes, this is a case that came — christian faith. yes, this is a case that came out — christian faith. yes, this is a case that came out of _ christian faith. yes, this is a case that came out of colorado. - christian faith. yes, this is a case that came out of colorado. it - christian faith. yes, this is a case that came out of colorado. it has| that came out of colorado. it has been running for some years now and ended up here at the supreme court. a woman who is a graphic designer, website designer, who took pre—emptive action. she said she was concerned that colorado's anti—discrimination laws meant that she wouldn't be able to refuse giving her services to, for example, same—sex couples, when she doesn't actually believe in same sex marriage as an evangelical christian. she took this action, citing herfree christian. she took this action, citing her free speech christian. she took this action, citing herfree speech rights, the supreme court has found in her favour. what colorado state has said is that she can say what she likes on this issue, but she has got to provide services to everyone, because of their anti—discrimination legislation. this could reach beyond colorado. there are many other states who have these types of laws and those who are upset and concerned about today's ruling fear it will open the door for further forms of discrimination, not maybe
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against lgbtq people, but on the basis of ethnicity or gender as well. ., , ., , basis of ethnicity or gender as well. ., , . . ., basis of ethnicity or gender as well. ., , .,, ., . ., well. for people watching, who may not understand _ well. for people watching, who may not understand while _ well. for people watching, who may not understand while this _ well. for people watching, who may not understand while this is - not understand while this is happening now, because we had these two rulings today, another ruling yesterday about affirmative action. could you just explain the make—up of the supreme court and while we seeing decisions? first of the supreme court and while we seeing decisions?— seeing decisions? first on the make-up _ seeing decisions? first on the make-up of — seeing decisions? first on the make-up of the _ seeing decisions? first on the make-up of the supreme - seeing decisions? first on the l make-up of the supreme court, seeing decisions? first on the - make-up of the supreme court, there make—up of the supreme court, there is ratherfamiliar make—up of the supreme court, there is rather familiar dividing make—up of the supreme court, there is ratherfamiliar dividing line is rather familiar dividing line which is ratherfamiliar dividing line which i we have seen pretty much play out over the last couple of days of six more conservative leaning justices and three more liberal ones. you have seen this divide in these contentious, high profile issues. president trump nominated three conservative justices and that is seen as having a big impact now. they are reaching into areas that they may be kept more time's length. why now? it is reaching the end of this session so we knew that these key decisions had to come out either yesterday or today. they have done so, they are
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making plenty of headlines. that today. they have done so, they are making plenty of headlines.- making plenty of headlines. that is ve useful making plenty of headlines. that is very useful context, _ making plenty of headlines. that is very useful context, thank - making plenty of headlines. that is very useful context, thank you, - making plenty of headlines. that is | very useful context, thank you, jess very useful context, thank you, jess parker, forjoining us from washington. parker, forjoining us from washington. it's been almost a week since vladimir putin faced a mutiny — by the leader of the wagner mercenary group and his troops. huge questions remain about what has happened to yevgeny prigozhin — and what next for russia's most effective fighting force in ukraine. they've been given a deadline of tomorrow, tojoin the regular russian army, go home or move to belarus. but as the bbc revealed yesterday, wagner is still continuing to recruit fighters. bbc verify and our security correspondent frank gardner, have been looking at what could happen next. there is a lot of interest globally in what has become of this man here, yevgeny prigozhin. this is the last—known verified picture of him. this was him leaving the town, the city of rostov—on—don in southern russia, which he and his forces, if you remember, they were able to take it over without a shot being fired last saturday. so, if you compare that,
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his absence at the moment, with what he was like for the previous three months, he was popping up all over the place between february and the end of may in bakhmut, the city which his forces eventually took after months of hard fighting. he'd be popping up on various video appearances on the telegram channel, often ranting against what he considered to be the very poor mismanagement of the war in russia. he and his supporters said "if it was left to us, we would have finished this war in a short time." so he was very hostile towards russia's generals. so where's he gone from there? we know from flight data that a plane linked to yevgeny prigozhin landed at an airfield just south of minsk. so it flew from rostov—on—don, just south of minsk. it dropped him off. we believe he was seen in belarus. the plane then flew to moscow, up to st petersburg, back down to moscow. it's still a mystery of exactly where he is, but the perhaps bigger mystery
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is what about the group that he's been controlling? because he was almost synonymous with this wagner mercenary group. so, bbc verify has been able to establish some proof that a camp in belarus is being updated and rebuilt to house, they believe, wagner mercenaries. and the camp is at a place called osipovichi. here it is two weeks ago. abandoned, deserted, former soviet camp. nothing to see here. move along. two weeks later, look at this. this is the transformation: 304 tent—like structures, enough to house over 2,000 wagner fighters, should they choose to go there. now, we don't yet know how many are going to go there or what they're going to do there. but already this is rattling belarus's nato's neighbours, poland, latvia, lithuania, they're not very comfortable about the idea of these hardened fighters, some of whom include convicted rapists and murderers,
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setting up base in belarus. it looks like wagner is going to continue in some form, but quite possibly now answering directly to the kremlin. but as a fighting force in ukraine, it's finished. well, iam joined now by michael bossicue, who is a senior fellow of the atlantic council based in 0desa. thank you forjoining us. it would be great to start by getting your thoughts on what we have seen there, thoughts on what we have seen there, though satellite images of what could be a new wagner base. brew though satellite images of what could be a new wagner base. bravo to the bbc for revealing _ could be a new wagner base. bravo to the bbc for revealing this _ could be a new wagner base. bravo to the bbc for revealing this and - the bbc for revealing this and verifying it. it makes me wonder what type of intelligence the pentagon is sharing with ukraine. this is fascinating stuff. it certainly doesn't look like a piece of benevolence by president lukashenko, to create a summer camp. this looks like quite the impressive new base for the wagner group. i
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have been one of the few, i think, who haven't can ascribe to the consensus view that they are finished. i think they are gearing up finished. i think they are gearing up for the next performance and that could very well be striking at a neighbouring country. that could be poland, lithuania, latvia, even ukraine. quickly, should they attempt to strike at ukraine from belarus, it could be presented as a false flag operation. the kremlin could have plausible deniability, but should they try to breach ukraine's northern borders, my understanding from my sources here is that ukrainian forces are prepared for that. there are much bigger defences there now, so it would not be taken back by any means. ., . , ., . means. from what you have said there, means. from what you have said there. we _ means. from what you have said there. we get — means. from what you have said there, we get some _ means. from what you have said there, we get some idea - means. from what you have said there, we get some idea of- means. from what you have said there, we get some idea of whyl there, we get some idea of why russia would want this to happen. what is in it for president lukashenko in belarus? aha, what is in it for president lukashenko in belarus? a couple of thins lukashenko in belarus? a couple of things there- _ lukashenko in belarus? a couple of things there. he _ lukashenko in belarus? a couple of things there. he is _ lukashenko in belarus? a couple of things there. he is actually - lukashenko in belarus? a couple of things there. he is actually a - things there. he is actually a puppet of president putin, so he doesn't have the luxury of saying
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yes or no. he could also benefit from the muscle that the wagner group provides. there are parliamentary and local elections next year in belarus and then he is supposed to face the ballot box by the year after. also, again, ithink it could be a base for the wagner group, with the backing of belarus, to strike. it doesn't mean that yevgeny prigozhin is safe. the hand of russia extends very far into belarus and if i were yevgeny prigozhin, if i were walking the streets of minsk and someone comes up streets of minsk and someone comes up to me, run the other way very quickly. up to me, run the other way very cuickl . ~ ., ., up to me, run the other way very cuickl . ~ . . , ., quickly. we have a brief moment left. quickly. we have a brief moment left- when _ quickly. we have a brief moment left- when we — quickly. we have a brief moment left. when we look _ quickly. we have a brief moment left. when we look at _ quickly. we have a brief moment left. when we look at the - quickly. we have a brief moment left. when we look at the future | quickly. we have a brief moment i left. when we look at the future of the wagner group, as we have said, we don't know exactly where yevgeny prigozhin is. the wagner group appears still to be recruiting fighters. it is far from appears still to be recruiting fighters. it is farfrom overfor
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them. the wagner group still remains a lethal fighting force, the wagner group still remains a lethalfighting force, it the wagner group still remains a lethal fighting force, it causes a lot of menace from the united states down to africa. it raises $1 billion at least every year to help fund the putin war machine. i think president putin war machine. i think president putin and evgeny bogosian are co—dependent on each other. they can't live without each other so thatis can't live without each other so that is why i think they will keep him around a little longer, but perhaps more at arm's distance to prevent him causing more trouble. it prevent him causing more trouble. it is good to get your thoughts on this. thank you forjoining us. you can find many of those pieces that were mentioned there by michael on our website, just search bbc news.
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there is also a piece of showing that wagner is still recruiting. there is much more to come here on there is much more to come here on the context so don't go away. stay with us on bbc news. hello there. provisionally, june has been the hottestjune on record. but the other feature ofjune is that it's been actually quite dry, particularly so across parts of the south. st athan is near cardiff, and here we've not even had a quarter of thejune average rainfall — a similar kind of pattern really elsewhere across southern england. now today, we've seen clouds really gather across western areas, it's been quite gloomy with some mist and some drizzle around, as well. the drizzle associated with a couple of warm fronts that have been pushing eastwards over recent hours, bringing increasing levels of humidity. there is something of a clearance out in the atlantic — we have to wait for this occlusion
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to work through before we get into those clearer skies. more on that in a moment. now, overnight tonight, with those warm fronts continuing to push eastwards, it'll be quite a warm and muggy night with outbreaks of drizzle just about anywhere. however, the dampest weather, if you like, will be across western and southern areas, as well. some low cloud over hills and coasts, so some mist and fog patches around as well, a muggy 15—16 celsius for your overnight low. now heading into the weekend, we start off with an occlusion across eastern england, so cloudy with an odd spit of rain. that clears out of the way with sunny spells following. we'll see showers for scotland, for northern ireland, and for northern england, as well. the showers always most frequent, though, across the north and west, where it'll be quite cool. in the best of the sunshine, 22—23 celsius across southern and eastern england. wherever the sun comes out, it won't feel too bad. it will be quite a windy kind of day, and that's true as well of sunday — reasonably tightly—packed isobars, the winds again coming in from a west—northwesterly direction. now sunday stays quite unsettled across northern areas, with some rain for 0rkney
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and shetland moving in towards highland and the hebrides as we go through the day. elsewhere, lots of showers for the rest of scotland, for northern ireland, and northwest england. there's a greater chance of those showers turning heavy and thundery during the course of sunday. but again, when the sunshine comes out, it shouldn't feel too bad. the highest temperatures towards the southeast, a little on the cool side for the north and west of scotland. now into next week, low pressure is still dominating the weather charts, so expect it to stay generally quite changeable with quite a lot of showers around, particularly across the northwest of the uk. and temperatures generally running quite close to average, but perhaps getting a bit warmer towards the southeast by the end of the week. bye for now.
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