cambodia's longstanding prime minister casts his ballot in an election he's almost guaranteed to win. iraeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu announces he's being fitted with a pacemaker, ahead of a crucial vote on his controversialjudiciary reform. and it's day four of the women's world cup and we'll have the latest from our correspondent in sydney. hello. i'm carl nasman. thanks forjoining us. the governor of the odesa region in ukraine says one person has been killed and 15 wounded in russian air strikes on the port. two loud explosions had been reported in the latest of the near nightly attacks that have followed moscow's announcement last week that it would not be renewing a grain export deal. mr netanyahu haid said that he hopes to be discharged

from hospital by monday in time to vote on his controversialjudicial reforms. in response to those proposals, a mass march by thousands of israeli protesters reached the parliament injerusalem on saturday. tens of thousands of people have joined the march since it set off from tel aviv earlier this week. they plan to set up tents at the knesset as they stage a last—ditch effort to try to prevent or delay the final votes on a bill that would curb the supreme court's ability to void decisions by the government that it deems unreasonable. earlier, i spoke with aaron david miller. he is a senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace in washington and for more than 20 years he served as a state department middle east analyst and negotiator. thank you so much for being here. we saw and heard from thousands of people gathering outside the knesset this weekend. what chances do you think they have of delaying

or even derailing this legislation? you know, it's hard to say. so far, this is the 29th week of protest. sometimes, if you want to defend your democracy, voting is necessary, but not sufficient. sometimes, you need to vote with your feet. and i think it's a valuable lesson to all established democracies that face authoritarian back fighting. it is still uncertain. they have checkmated the prime minister but on monday, he has the votes to make those to pass the second and third reading of this law. which is — extrajudicial overhaul is the euphemism — to basically restructure the israeli political system. i don't know what the outcome will be. i know the minister of defence is pushing to delay the vote. you have thousand—plus israeli

reservists convincing the security establishment that the conflict readiness has been compromised because of these reservists in intelligence and the air force are willing to go on strike. so, i really don't know, and i've been wrong plenty of times in the past thinking about middle eastern issues. we will have to wait till tomorrow to see what the outcome, what the outcomes of the streets, and whether the prime minister can be restrained. you mentioned the widespread discontent from members of the military to just ordinary citizens on the street. why do you think prime minister benjamin netanyahu is insisting on going ahead with this reform? you know, he looks at the polls, and right now, the latest polls, if the elections were held today, his coalition would not be able to create a majority, and instead it'd go to the opposition. and he's under immense pressure to keep the government together with its radical, fundamentalist, extremist ministers.

it's also telling the prime minister is on trial for three yea rs in a jerusalem district court for bribery and breach of trust. one of the problems with denying the legislation is that it could easily be construed as deployments and dismissals and there is great fear that the government will consider the current attorney general, who is presiding over these charges, to have committed an unreasonable act. is there an argument to make the balance of power between the judicial branch and the other branches of government is too heavily weighted towards the judiciary? that is one of the arguments in support of the bill. right, and i think every judicial system, including ours here, is controversial and needing reform. on a number of issues. if that was what was at stake — just a matter of reform —

i think there would be a way to compromise, but that's not what is going on here. this government is the most fundamentalist, extremist in the history of the state. for many reasons, the ultra—orthodox want the end ofjudicial review. mr netanyahu, once a defender of initial review and the independent judiciary, he needs to protect himself and his trial, and you have religious zionists who see the court as an impediment to their plans to policies to annex the west bank in name only — except in name only. so, i think israelis are out in the streets waving a flag because they believe that the identity of their country, what it means to be a israeli, is literally being threatened. and i think that's why 29 weeks of protest. and i worry, and there is no

guarantee that things won't deteriorate and get worse. i want to ask you one more question, because you are saying you think things could deteriorate. what you think would happen if the process were to go through and pass? what would happen in israel? well, i don't think you're talking about a complete breakdown of the system. this is only the first phase of a variety of legislative acts that the prime minister and his coalition want to — want to propose. but if you have competing centres of authority, you have the prime minister ordering his ministry of defence and chief of staff to do x, y and z, and you have protest, particularly in the israeli defense forces, in the private sector, arguing that we signed up to support the kingdom not the king, or the country, not the government. you end up with a israel with a constitution

but with a fundamental constitutional crisis of competing centres of authority and i don't want to talk about violence and conflict, but that is extremely serious. aaron david miller, senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace, thank you forjoining us. pleasure. now to cambodia, where the nation's longstanding prime minister, hun sen, has cast his ballot as polls open in an election he is all but guaranteed to win. staging the vote in every part of the mountainous and densely—forested country involves some tricky logistics, including transporting ballot boxes on elephant—back. but the poll is mostly for show: the opposition has been barred from running. mr hun may nevertheless be on his way out: in an interview with a chinese tv station broadcast on thursday, he said his eldest son could take over as prime minister injust a few weeks�* time.

our south east asia correspondent, jonathan head, is in cambodia's capital, nom pen. who is hun sen? you are at a polling station there, what is the atmosphere like amongst voters? i there, what is the atmosphere like amongst voters?- like amongst voters? i think --eole like amongst voters? i think peeple come _ like amongst voters? i think people come to _ like amongst voters? i think people come to vote - like amongst voters? i think people come to vote as - like amongst voters? i think people come to vote as a i like amongst voters? i think. people come to vote as a civic duty. they are very cautious about what they say and how they will vote. they all know they will vote. they all know the choice they have got is very limited. there are actually 17 other parties running against the hun sen's cambodian people's party but these are tiny parties. many of these are tiny parties. many of the voters know nothing about them and they have not been able to campaign and have no resources. they pose no threat. it is quite likely that we think the prime minister's party will win all 125 seats in the assembly as it did last time but it also banned the big opposition party. everyone knows this is in many ways a rigged election. we have met

people who have travelled all the way from thailand weather had been working to come back and vote. voting matters in a country where a0 years ago you do not get that option. in the end, people be wondering much more about how the transfer of power, planned once in a generation change of leadership from hun sen to his a5—year—old son, how that goes because there are factions inside hun sen's party who probably are not entirely convinced that thatis not entirely convinced that that is not the way to go and even hun sen himself does not have the political experience of the father. that is an uncertain outcome as far as the public are concerned. an public are concerned. an interesting _ public are concerned. an interesting twist, isn't it,, because voters are voting for one person, hun sen, the prime minister and yet they must know in the back of their mind that just in a few weeks time it is possible that you want to longer be leading someone who is a bit of an unknown instead will be taking his place?- will be taking his place? yes, althou:h will be taking his place? yes, although his _ will be taking his place? yes, although his son _ will be taking his place? yes, although his son has - will be taking his place? yes, although his son has been - will be taking his place? 133 although his son has been very

visible and the succession has been long planned and very senior in the army and leading the party and hun sen has stepped back completely from the campaigning so he is a familiar enough figure but not tested in the very rough house in the politics of cambodia where in the past there has been violence, shootings. this is not polite politics, in this country. there is also a lot of grievances. although the opposition had been crushed at this time, hun sen has almost lost elections on the path because although he has delivered economic strength with the country, and as he claims he did deliver peace and people were grateful for that but that with a long time ago, and the kind of growth he has delivered has had been at high costs, enormous destruction of the environment, almost obscene wealth, the number of luxury cars is down the street, it is meant to be a poor country many injustices and all those grievances potentially could bubble up on some future

opposition party, if you get the chance, could capitalise on that, when it does happen, hun sen has been one of asia's great survivors, a streetsmart survivor and his son, he is western educated, went to west point in america and we just do not know how he would cope with those sorts of challenges. we have about — those sorts of challenges. we have about 30 seconds left and he did briefly touch on it, is there anything, potentially it is corruption, that could be a threat to the extended rule of hun sen and his son? i threat to the extended rule of hun sen and his son?- hun sen and his son? i think there are — hun sen and his son? i think there are always _ hun sen and his son? i think there are always threats. - hun sen and his son? i thinkl there are always threats. this country is not completely locked down in the way that neighbouring vietnam is by the communist party but there is still competition in politics and cambodians still expect to have a say. hun sen and his son, this depends on the global economy, cambodia is very dependent on trade, exports, tourism, still recovering from covid—19 and other expected — at unexpected factors getting

thrown into the mix and hun sen is held onto powerfor so long because it doesn't trust anyone to run the country, 38 years is a long time so a big moment for cambodia, even if the outcome of this boat is very predictable. of this boat is very redictable. g ., ., ., ., predictable. jonathan had, thank you _ predictable. jonathan had, thank you so _ predictable. jonathan had, thank you so much - predictable. jonathan had, thank you so much for- predictable. jonathan had, | thank you so much for your reporting. to israel now, where prime minister benjamin netanyahu says that will be fitted with a pacemaker overnight between saturday and sunday. speaking in hebrew in a video statement released by his office, mr netanyahu said that he had been fitted with a monitoring device a week ago which has now indicated he requires an operation. he said: "i feel great but i need to listen to my doctors." last weekend, he was hospitalised with apparent dehydration after spending the day outside. us lawmakers are increasingly concerned over skilled workers who are choosing to take their talents north of the border to canada. many immigrants come to america through programs that allow foreign—born individuals to work in the country

for a set amount of years, but these programs often provide no path to permanent us residency. earlier this week, canada launched an initiative to draw in high—skilled workers from the us and it reached its capacity for applicants in less than 2a hours. my colleague sumi somaskanda spoke with congresswoman zoe lofgren, a democrat from california who has been outspoken on this issue. congresswoman, thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news. you sit on the immigration house subcommittee, and canada recently introduced an immigration initiative that would attract high—skilled professionals from the us. why can't the us accommodate these immigrants? because republicans have blocked every effort to do that. you know, it wasjust a year ago i chaired the immigration subcommittee. we had a hearing on the brain drain to canada, and it's because of the structure of our laws. we made an effort last year and we've made several efforts to make adjustments.

0ur law, basically, has not been changed significantly since 1990 and, actually, we work on the same framework from 1965. it doesn't currently meet the needs of the united states but we've run into a roadblock with republicans. if there is this roadblock in a divided congress, what can be done to stop this brain drain, as you called it? 0h, america isjust going to lose. the canadian recruiters have been down here for a long time, picking off the best talent to go to canada. the only thing that's different is now the canadian government has made an official pathway, which is new, but it's not new that talented immigrants who can't get their legal permanent residence have been lured off to canada, that does allow people to gain permanent residence in a very short period of time. that's why the tech economy in toronto is currently growing

faster than the tech economy in silicon valley. it's just american stupidity. so, have you heard concern from business leaders on this front? co nsta ntly. not only business leaders but academic leaders. we're not meeting the needs of our economy and we're ceding our edge to canada and, frankly, other countries. do you think that there is something that the white house, the biden administration can do in this case if legislation is stalled in congress? no. it's statutory. you know, we have — i'll say this. the administration has made sure there are no delays in processing of visas, especially on the business side, because if they're not processed in the calendar year, then they're lost. so, they've avoided that problem, but there's nothing more they can do. i mean, we have a limitation on how many visas can go

to qualified people per country without regard to the population of that country. and so, there are huge backlogs from india and from china and especially here in silicon valley, we have a huge number of extremely talented professionals and scientists from india who are looking at delays of many, many decades to get their residence and it, you know, it's really impossible for them and their sons and daughters to live in limbo for decades. so, congresswoman, just to jump in there, how many h—1b visas do you think the us should be issuing a year if you could change it? it's not the h—1b visas. you know, there are limitations and there are complaints, and the visa programme does need reform. the problem's in the permanent residence visa structure, where we limit awarded visas not by talent but by birth. it's really quite racist and pretty stupid for the united states.

all right, congresswoman, i want to move to some news that we've gotten in today — that the former president's trial on mishandling classified information will begin in may of next year, and that would be in the middle of the campaign. are you concerned about how this could impact the election? well, you know, it's not up to me to set the trial date but i thought that was a weird date to choose for the judge. the government had proposed a december date. i don't think the trial would go longer than a week. so, yeah, i don't think that's the smartest date but it's her decision, not mine. we are also expecting an indictment in the special counsel's investigation into efforts to subvert the election result, 2020 election result,

and also the january six attack and you, of course, were a member of the house select committee on the january sixth attack. if you look at the numbers, there is a poll from quinnipiac university that shows that more than 50% of americans thought that these events represented an attack on democracy butjust under 50% believed that it was time to move on. and also, if you look at president trump's role in all of this, just under 50% of americans believe he committed a crime but around the same amount thought that no crime was committed. and also, if you look at president trump's role in all of this, just under 50% of americans believe he committed a crime but around the same amount thought that no crime was committed. so, are you concerned about charges here and a trial if a significant percentage of americans say it is time to move on and we don't think that president trump did something criminal? prosecutors and the rule of law don't rely on public opinion polls. if the prosecutor believes that he has evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that a crime was committed, then he needs to proceed, no matter what the current public opinion is. if you ask people do you believe in the rule of law? i would say probably a vast

majority of americans would say yes, and that's really what the question is. beyond public opinion, we've seen the speaker of the house commenting on the fact that the former president received a target letter from the special counsel, saying that this is another effort to weaponise the government. what's your response to that? i think kevin knows that's absurd. during the attack, he told the president that it was his fault. and right after the attack, he went to the floor and said it was the president's responsibility. he knows better but he is taking his lead, his political lead, from the former president, who called both him and other republican leaders and told them what to say after the indictment. i think it's really pretty shameful behaviour on the part of the speaker. congresswoman, thank you so much forjoining us today. you bet. uk prime minister rishi sunak issued an historic apology to lgbtq+ veterans who were abused and mistreated under the armed forces so—called gay ban which prevented troops

from openly discussing their sexuality while in the military. take a listen to what he had to say on the floor of the commons. the ban on lgbt people serving in our military until the year 2000 was an appalling failure of the british state, decades behind the law of this land. as today's report makes clear, in that period, many endured the most horrific sexual abuse and violence, homophobic bullying and harassment, all while bravely serving this country. today, on behalf of the british state, i apologise and i hope all those affected will be able to feel proud being part of the veteran community that is done so much to keep our country safe. mr speaker, this morning, i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties

in this house and i shall have further such meetings later today. the women's world cup is in full swing in australia and new zealand. live now to katie silver, who's in sydney for us. you've been covering the world cup and it looks like if i'm not mistaken you may be at one of the fan fest? what the atmosphere is like among all of the fans during the world cup? the atmosphere has been electric. the other night i was at the matildas game and you could have goose bumps with a record attendance and the amount people are supporting it and here in the fans own it has opened because the first game is just under two hours opened because the first game isjust under two hours between sweden and south africa and people are just starting to arrive and over there you can practice your kicking if you're interested, you can do a shoot or dribbling and kicking into the goal and here, a fifa museum on the history of women's football and fascinating museum. then fans are arriving, a merchandise stall is here and we have in

fact got some swedish fans that we have lined up to speak to us about the game. sweden, as i say, due to take on south africa, sweden the likely favourites. thank you for joining me. you've lived in australia for 15 or 16 years but you are a strong swedish supporter from stockholm. but you are a strong swedish supporterfrom stockholm. what supporter from stockholm. what are supporterfrom stockholm. what are you hoping for from today? for a win, obviously. the fora win, obviously. the swedish_ for a win, obviously. the swedish women's team are very good _ swedish women's team are very good it— swedish women's team are very good. it will be a good team so yeah. _ good. it will be a good team so yeah. we — good. it will be a good team so yeah, we are hoping for the best — yeah, we are hoping for the best. �* , ., ., ., yeah, we are hoping for the best. �* i. ., ., i. best. and you have two young swedish malaysian _ best. and you have two young swedish malaysian australian | swedish malaysian australian fancier. how do you feel about the swedish team? i fancier. how do you feel about the swedish team?— the swedish team? i think the 're the swedish team? i think they're going _ the swedish team? i think they're going to _ the swedish team? i think they're going to win - the swedish team? i think| they're going to win today. the swedish team? i think. they're going to win today. i hope — they're going to win today. i hope they win. do they're going to win today. i hope they win.— they're going to win today. i hope they win. do you boys like women's football? _ hope they win. do you boys like women's football? yes. - hope they win. do you boys like women's football? yes. and - women's football? yes. and men's? yeah. _ women's football? yes. and men's? yeah. do _ women's football? yes. and men's? yeah. do you - women's football? yes. and men's? yeah. do you play? women's football? yes. and - men's? yeah. do you play? yeah. both of you? _ men's? yeah. do you play? yeah. both of you? what _ men's? yeah. do you play? yeah. both of you? what are _ men's? yeah. do you play? yeah. both of you? what are your - both of you? what are your names? ., . .,, both of you? what are your

names?- marcus. - both of you? what are your| names?- marcus. and names? jacob. marcus. and watching — names? jacob. marcus. and watching this _ names? jacob. marcus. and watching this as _ names? jacob. marcus. and watching this as a _ names? jacob. marcus. and watching this as a swedish i watching this as a swedish person abroad, how do you feel? how passionate are you about the match?— the match? very passionate. it's obviously _ the match? very passionate. it's obviously great _ the match? very passionate. it's obviously great to - the match? very passionate. it's obviously great to be - the match? very passionate. | it's obviously great to be here when — it's obviously great to be here when it — it's obviously great to be here when it is— it's obviously great to be here when it is hosted in australia and — when it is hosted in australia and new— when it is hosted in australia and new zealand. so, yeah, i'm very— and new zealand. so, yeah, i'm very excited about the whole fifa world cup. but today is a good — fifa world cup. but today is a good day _ fifa world cup. but today is a good day. | fifa world cup. but today is a good day-— good day. i read the swedish team is the _ good day. i read the swedish team is the team _ good day. i read the swedish team is the team that - good day. i read the swedish team is the team that has i good day. i read the swedish | team is the team that has got the furthest and never actually won a world cup with a lot of second and third places. what are you hopeful for from this one? ., , , .., are you hopeful for from this one? .,, , , ., ~ one? hopefully we can break the attern one? hopefully we can break the pattern this _ one? hopefully we can break the pattern this year _ one? hopefully we can break the pattern this year and _ one? hopefully we can break the pattern this year and show - one? hopefully we can break the pattern this year and show them | pattern this year and show them that we — pattern this year and show them that we can go all the way. what — that we can go all the way. what are _ that we can go all the way. what are you expecting from today's score wise? filth! what are you expecting from today's score wise?- what are you expecting from today's score wise? oh! i don't know! i'm _ today's score wise? oh! i don't know! i'm just _ today's score wise? oh! i don't know! i'mjust thinking... - today's score wise? oh! i don't know! i'mjust thinking... i'm i know! i'mjust thinking... i'm hoping — know! i'mjust thinking... i'm hoping for— know! i'mjust thinking... i'm hoping for a know! i'm just thinking... i'm hoping fora win! know! i'mjust thinking... i'm hoping for a win!— hoping for a win! and you are mala s hoping for a win! and you are malays in _ hoping for a win! and you are malays in bonn _ hoping for a win! and you are malays in bonn but— hoping for a win! and you are malays in bonn but adopted i malays in bonn but adopted swedish fan, clearly. i love all of your garb. —— malaysians born. what are you hoping for? sweden have the talent on fifa,

they are — sweden have the talent on fifa, they are a — sweden have the talent on fifa, they are a great _ sweden have the talent on fifa, they are a great team _ sweden have the talent on fifa, they are a great team and - sweden have the talent on fifa, they are a great team and it's . they are a great team and it's unfortunately— they are a great team and it's unfortunately came _ they are a great team and it's unfortunately came second i they are a great team and it's unfortunately came second inj unfortunately came second in the olympics _ unfortunately came second in the olympics. arguably- unfortunately came second in the olympics. arguably theyi the olympics. arguably they should — the olympics. arguably they should win _ the olympics. arguably they should win the _ the olympics. arguably they should win the world - the olympics. arguably they should win the world cup i the olympics. arguably theyl should win the world cup but fingers — should win the world cup but fingers crossed _ should win the world cup but fingers crossed they - should win the world cup but fingers crossed they can i should win the world cup but fingers crossed they can geti fingers crossed they can get across — fingers crossed they can get across the _ fingers crossed they can get across the line. _ fingers crossed they can get across the line.— fingers crossed they can get across the line. and they have across the line. and they have a new goalkeeper _ across the line. and they have a new goalkeeper because i across the line. and they have a new goalkeeper because the last one was in the position for 20 years so what do you make of what the new talent will bring? i make of what the new talent will bring?— will bring? i think it's always excitina will bring? i think it's always exciting to — will bring? i think it's always exciting to bring _ will bring? i think it's always exciting to bring in - will bring? i think it's always exciting to bring in new, i will bring? i think it's always i exciting to bring in new, young players — exciting to bring in new, young players. yeah, i guess we will have — players. yeah, i guess we will have to — players. yeah, i guess we will have to see today and through this world cup how we are going _ this world cup how we are going |s— this world cup how we are anoin. , , ., this world cup how we are anoin. ,,, ., , this world cup how we are aoian. , ., _.,.~ this world cup how we are aoain. , ., _.,.~ going. is your family back in stockholm _ going. is your family back in stockholm staying _ going. is your family back in stockholm staying up i going. is your family back in stockholm staying up for i going. is your family back in j stockholm staying up for it? the hours are not great. mr; the hours are not great. my sister probably is. she is a hard-core _ sister probably is. she is a hard—core sports fan. i would not he — hard—core sports fan. i would not be surprised if we get some messaging during the game. best of luck. messaging during the game. best of luck- as _ messaging during the game. best of luck- as i _ messaging during the game. best of luck. as i said, _ messaging during the game. best of luck. as i said, i— messaging during the game. firm of luck. as i said, i have my one chia, you can do better than what is it?— than what is it? speaks swemsu. _ than what is it? speaks swemsu. thank - than what is it? speaks swemsu. thank you. | than what is it? speaks - swedish. thank you. better you than me. south _ swedish. thank you. better you than me. south africa _ swedish. thank you. better you than me. south africa due i swedish. thank you. better you than me. south africa due to i than me. south africa due to take on sweden in the next

couple of hours, due to kick—off in about 1.5 hours and later today, kick—off in about 1.5 hours and latertoday, france kick—off in about 1.5 hours and later today, france and jamaica as well and then, the european battle between portugal and the netherlands so three big games on today. netherlands so three big games on toda . ., ., ., , ., on today. katie, that was great and we even — on today. katie, that was great and we even got _ on today. katie, that was great and we even got a _ on today. katie, that was great and we even got a bit - on today. katie, that was great and we even got a bit of - on today. katie, that was great and we even got a bit of a i and we even got a bit of a swedish lesson in there. ruefully, 15 seconds or so left, i'm curious. —— briefly. is there one country in particular that you have seen lots of fans coming down to check out those matches? well, usa yesterday- _ check out those matches? well, usa yesterday. this _ check out those matches? well, usa yesterday. this was - check out those matches? well, usa yesterday. this was a i check out those matches? well, usa yesterday. this was a sea l usa yesterday. this was a sea of red, white and blue and a small amount of vietnamese flags and fans, you definitely saw congregated over there, certainly a vietnamese vibe but really all about team usa so today that's what we've seen and we even spoke to a family that had come from raleigh, north carolina so lots of people here from the us. irate people here from the us. we will have _ people here from the us. we will have to _ people here from the us. we will have to leave it there, katie. we're out of time there, katie. we're out of time there, katie from australia. i'm carl nasman in washington. thank you

very much for watching. hello there. well, the weekend certainly started off on a soggy note. plenty of rain around. not that it made much difference for these surfers enjoying the waves coming in at newquay. mind you, there weren't many sun worshippers on the beach. it was pretty dismal, wasn't it? not much sunshine around at all. most of us, you had extensive outbreaks of rain around, although it was a different story across northern scotland, poking out in the sunshine here. actually, we had temperatures as high as 22 degrees in achnagart in highland scotland, and this beach in tiree kind of looked caribbean—esque in the sunshine. now, back to the wet weather story. we've got more of that rain to come over the next few hours, particularly for northern ireland. across northern england, the rain heavy. the rain easing off for a time over the next few hours for the south of england, southern parts of wales but there'll still be some patches of drizzle around, a bit of mist and fog, too. for the most part, it's not too cool but temperatures dipping down into single figures in scotland, but it is here where we'll start the day with a bit of sunshine. that rain band, then, still

with us for sunday morning. the rain probably starting to fizzle off in northern ireland but particularly wet across a swathe of northern england, where we're looking at around 20—30mm of rain. double that over the cumbrian fells, the north york moors and across the pennines could bring some localised surface water flooding. south of that rain band, brighter weather for southern wales, southern england, sunny spells and just a few showers. and with the winds coming up from a south—westerly direction, temperatures do get into the 20s, so it will feel quite pleasant in the sunshine. cooler air, though, for scotland. sunny spells, yes, but there will be some passing showers as well. on into monday's forecast. our area of low pressure that's brought us the wet weather through the weekend starts to clear off into the near continent but before it does do, we are looking at a bit of rain to start off the day, particularly across the midlands, east anglia, south—east england monday morning. that will clear away. and then, it's a day of sunny spells and just a few showers, perhaps some longer spells of rainjust coming into the north—west of scotland, but overall,

i think a slightly better kind of weather day. temperatures, though, still below average for the time of year with those north—westerly winds. fortuesday, more showers in the forecast. and then, the middle of the new week sees another area of low pressure. well, you know what that means — a lot more rain on the way. so, no sign of any prolonged, nice, settled sunny spells of weather. it's staying unsettled. showers around on tuesday. longer spells of rain later in the week.

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