news. making the most of bbc news. making the most of his mugshot. donald trump portrays himself as the victim as he joins 18 codefendants portrays himself as the victim as hejoins 18 codefendants in the georgia election fraud case. this is the fourth criminal case for the former president as his legal troubles and election calendar grew even more complicated. while mr trump's rivals try to play catch up at the first presidential debate... it is good to have you with us. welcome to this special us politics edition of bbc news, breaking down this action packed week of legal developments and political posturing, plus what it all means for the american presidential race moving forward. first an update on the election interference case in the state of georgia. all 19 defendants in the election fraud case have now surrendered

to authorities. the most notable, of course, is former president donald trump. he appeared at the fulton county jail on thursday evening to be fingerprinted and have his mugshot taken. he then posted that mugshot on x, formerly known as twitter, positioning himself squarely as the wronged party. he will return at a later date to defend himself in court. he defends all charges against him, including racketeering and making false statements. all this is his rivals try to stand out from the pack as they debated in milwaukee, absent mr trump himself. our bbc�*s hymns have been on the ground all week, covering every twist and turn, this is how the dramatic day at the fulton countyjail on the fulton county jail on thursday. right now we just have a huge medicaid coming in. iam right now we just have a huge medicaid coming in. i am going to get out of the way and these are medicaid coming in. i am going to get out of the way and these are a medicaid coming in. i am going to get out of the way and these are a large medicaid coming in. i am going to get out of the way and these are a large number medicaid coming in. i am going to get out of the way and these are a large number of medicaid coming in. i am going to get out of the way and these are a large number of police motorcycles coming in. there has been a very obvious uptick in security stop we have seen some secret service here, sheriff �*s as police. ——

sheriff's officers as well as police. soi so i want to thank you for being here. we did nothing wrong at all, and we have every right, every single right, to challenge an election that we think is dishonest, and we think is dishonest, and we think it is very dishonest. donald trump has been charged in four donald trump has been charged infour criminal donald trump has been charged in four criminal cases donald trump has been charged infour criminal cases in donald trump has been charged in four criminal cases in the past 11.5 months and faces 95 charges in a historic first for a former us president. in march trump was charged by manhattan's district attorney on 3a charges relating to falsifying business records in connection to a 2016 hush money payment made to adult film star stormy daniels. then injune trump was indicted by a federal grand jury in

trump was indicted by a federal grandjury in miami for trump was indicted by a federal grand jury in miami for taking classified documents from the white house after he left office. he faces another a0 counts in that case. 0n first of august, trump was indicted for a third time as part of special counseljack smith's investigation into his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election and then just last week trump and 18 others were charged by georgia putts fulton county district attorney for their alleged effort to overturn the election defeat in the state, making the former president's fourth indictment. a short time ago my colleague spoke with leslie coldwell, a former doj assistant attorney former doj assistant attorney for the criminal division. thank you so much forjoining us. if we could have a look at the situation in georgia first, the situation in georgia first, the 19 defendants have all now surrendered, including the former president, of course. what is going to happen next with those proceedings? what do we look out for? so with those proceedings? what do we look out for? 50 i with those proceedings? what do we look out for?— we look out for? so i think in the georgia _ we look out for? so i think in the georgia case _ we look out for? so i think in the georgia case the - we look out for? so i think in the georgia case the next - we look out for? so i think in i the georgia case the next step, as your colleague indicated, is the arraignment, which is going to be in early september. that will be the time when all of the defendants, in theory,

should be present in the courtroom all at the same time, and appear before the judge who is going to preside over the case. thejudge has already... sorry, the district attorney has already signalled that she would like the trail to be in october, presumably after the 0ctober, presumably after the arraignment there will be some discussion of a trial date and some discussion of potential emotions that various defendants may want to make, including, as you mentioned, a motion. ., ., motion. from the point of view ofthe motion. from the point of view of the justice — motion. from the point of view of the justice department, - motion. from the point of view| of the justice department, from of thejustice department, from the da, how straightforward or not would it be to try and try all 19 people at the same time, including a former president? so that is a very... well, first of all we don't know the answer to that because it has never happened before, but there certainly have been quite a few defendants, cases involving 19 defendants, 20 plus defendants. they are not that common, but they are certainly not unheard of. i know that the georgia da has brought some of those cases herself. but it is very

complicated. it complicates everything because each defendant has the right to make motions. each defendant has the right to cross—examine all of the government's witnesses. each defendant has a right to present, if they so choose, evidence on their own behalf. so it could be a very cumbersome process with 19 defendants.— defendants. now, president trum - 's defendants. now, president trump's tap _ defendants. now, president trump's top competitors - defendants. now, president. trump's top competitors took the debate stage earlier this week without him, discussing critical issues like the economy, immigration and climate change. but topics like ukraine, israeland china climate change. but topics like ukraine, israel and china drew some of the strongest arguments among the candidates. earlier i spoke with lani chen, former adviserfor spoke with lani chen, former adviser for marco rubio's presidential campaign, about what it shows for the republican party's priorities going to 202a. lani, great to have you back on bbc news. thank you for being with us. so foreign policy played a surprisingly significant role in this republican debate. why do you think that is?— think that is? well, i think there are _ think that is? well, i think there are very _ think that is? well, i think there are very few - think that is? well, i think there are very few areas i thinkthat is? well, i think| there are very few areas of real contrast between these candidates on a number of

different issues, but foreign policy is an area where you are seeing contrasts. for example, what the united states or to do with respect to the ongoing conflict in ukraine, that is a major source of contention, and there are very real differences between, let's say, nikki haley and vivek ramaswamy, or donald trump, or even ron desantis. an interesting thing here is you are seeing this divergence within the republican party where the top three polling contenders nationally right now, that would be trump, ron desantis and ramaswamy, have all embraced a point of view on the us ukraine situation that is very much counter to what the traditional republican reagan view of this would be. and so i think it's a very interesting point of contrast. it's one of the few points of contrast, and that's why you see commentators as well as the debate hosts on wednesday evening or earlier this week, they definitely focused on that. 5 they definitely focused on that. �* ,, . they definitely focused on that. �* ,, a, ., ., that. 's i want to dig into those conflicting - that. 's i want to dig into those conflicting views, | those conflicting views, specifically on the war in ukraine. this is what chris

christie had to say during the debate. iii christie had to say during the debate. ., �* , a, , debate. if we don't stand up auainst debate. if we don't stand up against this _ debate. if we don't stand up against this type _ debate. if we don't stand up against this type of - debate. if we don't stand up. against this type of autocratic killing — against this type of autocratic killing in _ against this type of autocratic killing in the world, we will be next _ killing in the world, we will be next. ~ killing in the world, we will be next-— be next. do you think that reflects where _ be next. do you think that reflects where republican | reflects where republican voters actually stand on contributing aid to the ukrainians? because there was a recent cnn poll released that shows that 71% of republicans broadly say congress should not authorise new funding. yes. broadly say congress should not authorise new funding.- authorise new funding. yes, i think republican _ authorise new funding. yes, i think republican voters - authorise new funding. yes, i think republican voters i - think republican voters i haven't many republican voters are quite sceptical of the position articulated by governor christie. it doesn't mean it's the wrong position. i think the republican party does need to stand for continuing support for ukraine, that's a personal view, support for ukraine, that's a personalview, but support for ukraine, that's a personal view, but it's not a view, frankly, that a lot of republican primary voters have right now. and i think what it speaks to is this populist influence we see in the republican party in american politics more broadly. it is the ascendant possession, and that's driving what i think is a perspective for many

republican primary voters that's quite divergent from what chris christie laid out the other night.— what chris christie laid out the other night. you mentioned ramaswamy — the other night. you mentioned ramaswamy and _ the other night. you mentioned ramaswamy and his _ the other night. you mentioned ramaswamy and his view - the other night. you mentioned ramaswamy and his view on . the other night. you mentioned| ramaswamy and his view on the war in ukraine, and prompted a response from nikki haley. this is what she said. you response from nikki haley. this is what she said.— is what she said. you have no foreign-policy _ is what she said. you have no foreign-policy experience, i is what she said. you have no | foreign-policy experience, and foreign—policy experience, and it shows — foreign-policy experience, and it shows. �* , ., foreign-policy experience, and itshows. �* ~ ., foreign-policy experience, and it shows. �* ~ ., . it shows. and you know what? does that _ it shows. and you know what? does that experience - it shows. and you know what? does that experience matter l it shows. and you know what? | does that experience matter to republican voters? of course, former president trump, when he came into office, he also didn't have foreign—policy experience. fist didn't have foreign-policy experience.— didn't have foreign-policy experience. didn't have foreign-policy exerience. �* experience. at some level the experience — experience. at some level the experience of _ experience. at some level the experience of foreign - experience. at some level the experience of foreign policy i experience of foreign policy does matter. now, ithink experience of foreign policy does matter. now, i think we get conflated sometimes a little bit between experience generally and experience in foreign policy. i think ramaswamy�*s problem is that he is perceived as being inexperienced, period, never having been in politics. and i think his age, which some would argue is a strength, i think for most republican voters as a liability. if they were ready to pick a 38—year—old to be the nominee for the republican party. so i think that commentary from haley, yes, it

was directed at vivek from the perspective of him not having foreign—policy experience but i think the argument is from a broaderframe that haley think the argument is from a broader frame that haley and others are trying to put around vivek to make him appear that he doesn't have the proper experience and background as a president. it is the case that voters generally are not all that responsive to specific appeals on specific kinds of experience. but in this case, as part of the broader narrative that's been drawn around ramaswamy, nikki haley's attack on him could indeed be fruitful. ., fruitful. continuing with foreign-policy, - fruitful. continuing with foreign-policy, china i fruitful. continuing with - foreign-policy, china seems to foreign—policy, china seems to be a topic where there is a bit more convergence, and north dakota governor doug bergum had this to say. dakota governor doug bergum had this to sa . . , this to say. china is the number _ this to say. china is the number one _ this to say. china is the number one threat - this to say. china is the number one threat to l this to say. china is the l number one threat to our country. _ number one threat to our country, and every minute that these — country, and every minute that these eight candidates spent talking — these eight candidates spent talking about the past instead of the — talking about the past instead of the future is time... not only— of the future is time... not only biden loves it, but china loves — only biden loves it, but china loves it— only biden loves it, but china loves it when we talk about the past _ loves it when we talk about the ast. ~ ., , ., loves it when we talk about the ast. ~ . i. . ,, ., past. what did you make of that? well, _ past. what did you make of that? well, i _ past. what did you make of that? well, i think - past. what did you make of that? well, i think bergum| past. what did you make of - that? well, i think bergum was one of the _ that? well, i think bergum was one of the few _ that? well, i think bergum was one of the few candidates - that? well, i think bergum was one of the few candidates to i one of the few candidates to really come back to that issue.

there wasn't an extended conversation about us china relations in the debate, not a lot of opportunity, for example, for candidates to gritty elements of china's —— biden's policy towards china or to articulate what they would do themselves to deal with the problems posed by the us china relationship. it was disappointing from my perspective do not hear more analysis from the candidates for the candidates not being pressed more significant the on how they would deal with the us china relationship. it is the single most important geopolitical relationship the us has right now, not only from a commercial perspective but also from a strategic and military perspective. so the idea that republicans care about the issue, we know republican voters care about it, we know a number of republican officeholders have made this the centrepiece of theirforeign—policy made this the centrepiece of their foreign—policy musings, but we didn't hear too much of the debate about specifically what the candidates would do to address this challenge. i expect that in the next debate you are going to hear more about this.—

you are going to hear more about this. last question. it looks like — about this. last question. it looks like republican - about this. last question. itj looks like republican voters attending more towards the former president, vivek ramaswamy and ron desantis. are you worried about the republican party moving towards a more isolationist foreign—policy? it a more isolationist foreign-policy? it is a concern. _ foreign-policy? it is a concern. i— foreign-policy? it is a concern. i believe - foreign-policy? it is a concern. i believe the traditional peace through strength orientation of the republican party is something thatis republican party is something that is no longer ascendant. and i do feel that that's an element of what ramaswamy has talked about, certainly the former president has expressed those points of view at times, and ron desantis has expressed those points of view as well. so it is a concern, but hopefully the cause of this debate in the course of things working themselves out, the more traditional conservative republican view in foreign—policy is something that will again be part of the conversation in a very prominent way. if voters themselves are not interested in that perspective, that's going to be a challenge, then, because you are going to see candidates most of whom have not had a lot of foreign—policy experience queueing to essentially what the electorate

wants. and that i think is a recipe for disaster in the long run. . ~' recipe for disaster in the long run. . ~ , ., recipe for disaster in the long run. . ~ . recipe for disaster in the long run. . . ., run. thank you so much for 'oinin: run. thank you so much for joining us- _ run. thank you so much for joining us. thank _ run. thank you so much for joining us. thank you. - mr trump's legal woes have not impacted his place in the polls. according to a new reuters ipso 's goal, after the presidential debate, republican voters still prefer donald trump by a whopping 52% of republicans polled. they prefer donald trump as their party's nominee in 202a, and ron desantis comes a distant second with 13%. no other candidate was able to top double digits, as you can see there. so let's bring in mike, an expert in latino voting patterns and a co—founder of the anti—trust republican group the lincoln project. thank you forjoining us. first of all, what do you think of that poll? i us. first of all, what do you think of that poll?— think of that poll? i think it's exactly _ think of that poll? i think it's exactly right. - think of that poll? i think it's exactly right. it - think of that poll? i think l it's exactly right. it mirrors precisely what we have seen in dealing with republican voters for the past eight years, and there is no reason to believe for a moment that will change

in light of the former president's legal problems. in fact, a lot of the support for donald trump is coming not despite his legal trouble, it's becoming more intense because of his legal trouble. people— republican voters are rallying around the flag, trying to demonstrate fealty to the leader of the party, and that's why i think we're starting to see such little discussion on policy. it's really more of gearing up for this conflict in the coming 202a elections. mike, i want to talk more about that phenomenon. we spoke to the former communications director of trump's transition team, ryan lanza. iwant director of trump's transition team, ryan lanza. i want to play your grip of what he told us. i play your grip of what he told us. ~' play your grip of what he told us. ~ , ., play your grip of what he told us. ~ ,., , , us. i think the polling numbers showed him — us. i think the polling numbers showed him dropping - us. i think the polling numbers showed him dropping it - us. i think the polling numbers showed him dropping it would | us. i think the polling numbers l showed him dropping it would be more concerning to him, but i think the fact that the polling numbers have shot up, and i hate to compare polling numbers to the real world of things, but i think you can turn to those numbers and say, look, even the people see that these prosecutions, even the people see that these diaz in

manhattan, da 's elsewhere, are going too far. manhattan, da 's elsewhere, are going too far-— going too far. that the reason the former — going too far. that the reason the former president - going too far. that the reason the former president has - going too far. that the reason | the former president has been able to build so much support of the back of these indictments is because people see it has a witch—hunt. i think this is the problem that bryan lanza just missed bryan la nza just missed entirely. bryan lanza just missed entirely. he is saying that the people are saying this, the fact of the matter is that republicans are seeing it, but the majority of the country disagrees with that position. in fact, the same polec came out today shows that independents are decidedly against mr trump's ambitions for precisely the same reasons that democrats see problems with this with legal trouble, and having the president either being convicted or potentially being convicted or potentially being convicted or potentially being convicted in being elected to the white house. so while it is true that he has consolidated his base within the republican party, he is dramatically alienating independents and democrats, and moderate republicans. to the point where he is entering this race in a worse position than any presidential nominee in

recent history.— recent history. let's talk about some _ recent history. let's talk about some of _ recent history. let's talk about some of the - recent history. let's talk about some of the voter| about some of the voter specifically women voters here. because a june poll from nbc news found that 67% of women disapproved of the overturning of roe v wade, which overturned the constitutional right to abortion, as you know, including 67% of suburban women. do you think republicans are going to have a hard time appealing to those voters? there is no question. there is quantifiable evidence now. we just came out of the elections, we have elections every two years in the united states, and those midterms should have by any indicator been an enormous landslide for the republican party. that landslide turned into a barely measurable trickle in large part not because just new women, young women, showed up for the first time to vote, but because of the defection of republican women away from the party. there is no evidence to suggest that that is going to slow. in fact, my guess is and most of the polling shows that it will probably continue and probably get bigger. so the problem of

this gender gap that republicans have had for decades now seems to be a gender chasm, and the likelihood of it limiting the republican party's appeal is significant. i think it's going to be a very big problem for republicans heading into next year's elections. find republicans heading into next year's elections.— republicans heading into next year's elections. and mike, you are an exoert — year's elections. and mike, you are an expert on _ year's elections. and mike, you are an expert on latino - year's elections. and mike, you are an expert on latino voting l are an expert on latino voting patterns. this will be a key thing in 202a. in the last election in 2020, we saw latinos voters move slightly, at least, more towards the republican party. what do you anticipate happening next year? well, it actually wasn't that slight. it was quite measurable, and we did see some slight movement as far back as 2016. so there is this longer—term trend of latinos moving towards the republican party. it is work that i have been engaged in, as you mention, for about three decades now. i expect that will probably continue, not at the same pace that we saw it, during the last two presidential election cycles. but we are witnessing a realignment here as the demography of the united states changes. latinos constitute the

fastest segment of the non— college—educated working class, and they are beginning to vote like they are non— —— like their non—hispanic white counterparts. so i think this divide in america which is largely between the college—educated and the noncollege educated is seeing college—educated voters move dramatically to the left and under the democrats' banner and at the same time you are seeing non— college—educated voters moving to the right under the republican banner and hispanics, latinos, because we are the fastest—growing segment of the electorate, our most and most visible increasing showing that rightward shift.— that rightward shift. really interesting _ that rightward shift. really interesting insights. - that rightward shift. really interesting insights. mikel interesting insights. mike madrid, thank you forjoining us tonight. madrid, thank you for 'oining us tonight madrid, thank you for 'oining ustoniaht. . ~ . us tonight. thank you so much for having _ us tonight. thank you so much for having me. _ us tonight. thank you so much for having me. those - for having me. those republicans - for having me. those republicans debated | for having me. those - republicans debated just one day before president trump surrendered himself in a fulton countyjail in georgia. i early friday the other 18 defendants had done the same. earlier i spoke with tamara alleman, senior reporter with the atlanta journal contribution

which has been closely following the case. very good to have you on bbc news, take us through the other co—defendants who surrendered and the other happenings today. we had half a dozen folks who surrendered at the fulton countyjail overnight, and this county jail overnight, and this morning countyjail overnight, and this morning in the hours after donald trump made his very extraordinary appearance at the jail here in atlanta, they include stephen cliff godley, a pastor from include stephen cliff godley, a pastorfrom illinois include stephen cliff godley, a pastor from illinois who showed up pastor from illinois who showed up in his clerical collar, and trevian kutti, a former publicist for kanye west who has been accused of harassing a poll worker. latte has been accused of harassing a poll worker-— has been accused of harassing a poll worker. we have seen these motions to _ poll worker. we have seen these motions to sever _ poll worker. we have seen these motions to sever cases, - poll worker. we have seen these motions to sever cases, move i motions to sever cases, move them to federal court, take us through what we will see happen in the coming weeks. it is very messy at _ in the coming weeks. it is very messy at this _ in the coming weeks. it is very messy at this point, _ in the coming weeks. it is very messy at this point, we - in the coming weeks. it is very messy at this point, we are i messy at this point, we are seeing legal filings left and right. just a couple of minutes

ago we saw a new speedy trial demand from sidney powell who is an attorney briefly affiliated with the trump campaign in the aftermath of 2020 who spread a lot of this information and falsehoods about the vote count in georgia and other swing states. under georgia's rules somebody who files a speedy trial demand will basically have to go to trial in anywhere from two to four months and the thinking among some attorneys i talked to not affiliated with the case is that sidney powell will likely join is that sidney powell will likelyjoin kenneth chesebro, another attorney who was indicted as part of this case, when his trial begins in 23 october, that was granted the other day. late october, that was granted the other day-— other day. we spoke to republican _ other day. we spoke to republican congress i other day. we spoke to - republican congress ronnie davis yesterday and this is what he said. —— rodney davis. the other defendants along with the president, they will be bled — the president, they will be bled dry by trying to afford attorneys and if president trump _ attorneys and if president trump is not going to help them through— trump is not going to help them through his fundraising

mechanisms to pay for their legal— mechanisms to pay for their legal fees, mechanisms to pay for their legalfees, i mechanisms to pay for their legal fees, i would think they are probably going to say whatever it takes to get an agreement and get a plea deal with the — agreement and get a plea deal with the fulton county, with the fulton county district attorney. the fulton county district attorney-— the fulton county district attorne. ~ ., . , attorney. do we know if that is art of attorney. do we know if that is part of the _ attorney. do we know if that is part of the prosecution's - part of the prosecution's strategy? it part of the prosecution's strategy?— part of the prosecution's strate: ? , , , ., strategy? it is pretty common with large — strategy? it is pretty common with large racketeering - strategy? it is pretty common with large racketeering cases| with large racketeering cases like this, we saw it into other large rico cases under this prosecutor, there was a big cheating scandal at public schools where several dozen educators from atlanta public schools were indicted but in the end of much smaller number and i'm going to trial and only 11 were convicted. we are seeing it now as part of a gang racketeering case against the record label and alleged street gang, young sunlight. we are only down to eight or ten defendants at this point so i think the expectation is that there will be plea agreements, reach with some of these defendants and you are so right, for folks who are not

named trump, who are not personally wealthy, these large racketeering cases can be a real drain on your wallet. some of these can take six to eight months to litigate in court, there is a whole crush of paperwork and lawyers are very expensive. and so far the former president hadn't been willing to help these people financially. it willing to help these people financially.— financially. it looks like we had some _ financially. it looks like we had some technical- financially. it looks like we i had some technical problems with that interview that we recorded earlier. let's take a look now at what comes next for donald trump. the former president is making his trial part of his politics. this mugshot is part of trump's campaignfundraising. barbara campaign fundraising. barbara platt campaignfundraising. barbara platt usher has more from atlanta. donald trump is making the most of his mugshot, he has turned into a symbol for his campaign

and that will almost certainly galvanise even more rapid republican support, because it has already increased after each indictment. the mugshot might be particularly effective at drumming home his campaign message which is that he is a victim of the washington establishment, he is a political martyr and he will never surrender. political martyr and he will neversurrender. but political martyr and he will never surrender. but when it comes to how the campaign will play out, there is no question that trump's legal cases will force him to burn more cash, but also create nearly impossible logistics because it is hard enough to run a campaign, never mind when you are also facing 91 felony counts in four different jurisdictions. and the georgia case is particularly collocated because of all the defendants, there is all sorts of legal manoeuvring. for example the location — already a number of defendants have said they are requesting the trial be moved from to a federal court, —— from to a federal court, —— from a state. trump is expected to do the same. an trump was mcguire has said he plans to request a separate trial so

they are not lumped together and one of the defendant already has such a deal. so are you are looking at the possibility of multiple trials in different locations. all this legal wrangling can probably be wrapped up into trump's campaign message as he goes along but it seems that his goal is to try to delay the trial for as long as he can his goal is to try to delay the trialfor as long as he can in hopes that he might be able to win the white house before any possible convictions. but the next most immediate step in the georgia cases the arraignment which is when trump be able to formally enter his plea of not guilty and that is expected to happen in early september. let's get a bit more on what is to come on the legal front, i was able to speak to former federal prosecutorjohn moreno and this is what he said. i think anyone who thinks these trials will happen in the next few months are crazy. i heard 0ctober today, few months are crazy. i heard 0ctobertoday, maybe few months are crazy. i heard 0ctober today, maybe 0ctober next year — definitely not 0ctober next year — definitely not october this year. does the fact that they were 19 defendants in the georgia case, the fact you have classified documents involved in the mar—a—lago case which brings up

a whole other set of headaches about having to get security clearances and counsel and all that. the fact that you have serious state versus federal supremacy clause arguments in the georgia case. and in these cases they are not going to happen anytime soon. i'm sceptical they will happen even before the election next year. because of the fact that they will be an election, campaign. john marino speaking to us earlier. as donald trump mount his campaign to return to the white house he now faces a very busy legal calendar in the months ahead. let's take a look. trump's first trial relating to the federal investigation into his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results brought by special counseljack smith is set for 2 january. that trial will begin just 13 days before the iowa caucuses. georgia's election case brought by fulton county district attorney is set to start on a march. she may seek to speed up that

timeframe. the federal investigation into trump's investigation into trump's investigation make mishandling of classified documents that is being held in trump's home state of florida, and that was the case also brought by the special counsel gas —— jack smith and that would have on 20 may. and trump will head to trial in new york to face trials over falsifying business records and hush money payments to former adult film star stormy daniels, and that was brought by district attorney alvin bragg. that will begin on 25 march. as you can see a very busy legal schedule, especially if you add in all the campaign and political events that he will have as well. so thank you for watching bbc news, we will be back with more news at the top of the hour, stay with us. hello, we will take a look

at the forecast for the weekend in a moment, but i want to look back first of all at some of the dramatic weather we saw during friday. because in parts of scotland, vicious thunderstorms spawned some funnel clouds — this one here in fife looking like it touched down on the ground, making it look like a tornado. you can see the extent of those intense thunderstorms across eastern, central and southern parts of scotland through friday, but there were plenty of showers and storms elsewhere as well. there are more showers in the outlook for the weekend but i think they will tend to become a little less intense, a little less potent — there will be some spells of sunshine too. low pressure in charge of the scene, around the western flank of the low some quite brisk winds coming down from the north. you will feel the effects of that across north—west scotland, parts of northern ireland, some rain in the north of scotland tending to spill southwards as the day wears on. cloud amounts increasing northern ireland, again some showers here. for england and wales, sunny spells, scattered

showers, and particularly for central and eastern parts of england, some of the showers will be happy and possibly thundery. 22 in the southeast corner, cooler further north and west. at reading and leeds forfestival—goers, i think some showers will be in the forecast but they will be some spells of sunshine in between. and as we go through saturday night it is actually going to be quite a cool and fresh affair, some showers will continue, particularly in western areas, temperatures even in the towns and cities down to 9 or 10 degrees. and then we will see a band of cloud and rain start to push in across northern ireland. this will make very slow progress eastwards, it's also going to peter out as it goes, so just turning cloudy and damp for northern ireland. elsewhere, sunny spells and showers but the showers should be a little bit less intense by this stage. temperatures north to south 1a—21, maybe 22 in the southeast. for the notting hill carnival on sunday, a chance for a shower, i think there should be some lengthy dry gaps in between any

showers, and monday looks like being a largely dry day, because this area of high pressure is going to try to build in. so monday, which is a bank holiday for most of us of course, looks a mostly dry day — there will be one or two showers, some spells of sunshine too, and temperatures in the high teens or low 20s.

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