injersey as a mother holds on to her child. something just didn't seem right and that's when the windows just smashed in. ijust grabbed her and ijust got out of that room. i was, like, my baby's in danger, ijust need to get out. also tonight, the bank of england warns that interest rates won't be cut anytime soon and could go up. hundreds more foreign passport holders have been allowed to leave gaza and cross into egypt, among them britons. a glimpse into an artificially intelligent future — cars that drive themselves. # now and then i miss you...# and the beatles reborn through ai. coming up on bbc news: back to back defeats a historically bad start to the season — is erik ten hag's future at manchester united in doubt?

good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a powerful storm, with wind gusts of more than 100 miles an hour in places, has swept through the channel islands and across southern england, leaving thousands of homes without power, hundreds of schools closed and widespread travel disruption. this was newhaven in sussex this afternoon. in a moment we'll find out the latest on the situation across england but first danjohnson reports from jersey — one of the hardest hit places. just look at the state of it. trees down, roof tiles everywhere, cars smashed, gardens blown to pieces. but then there are the houses. people's homes. we thought these seafront flats had been abandoned,

torn apart. but then we heard the voice of bob, sheltering beneath the ruins of his neighbour's home. my word! �*iz ruins of his neighbour's home. my word!’ ~' ruins of his neighbour's home. my word! ' ~ ., ruins of his neighbour's home. my word! ' ~' . , word! 12 o'clock, we hear this miah word! 12 o'clock, we hear this mighty bang- _ word! 12 o'clock, we hear this mighty bang. it's _ word! 12 o'clock, we hear this mighty bang. it'sjust - word! 12 o'clock, we hear this - mighty bang. it'sjust devastating. mighty bang. it's just devastating. you can see around here, look, everything went. i’zfe you can see around here, look, everything went.— you can see around here, look, everything went. i've never seen an hinu everything went. i've never seen anything like _ everything went. i've never seen anything like it. _ everything went. i've never seen anything like it. it _ everything went. i've never seen anything like it. it was _ everything went. i've never seen anything like it. it was so - everything went. i've never seen anything like it. it was so scary, | anything like it. it was so scary, really— anything like it. it was so scary, really ioud~ _ anything like it. it was so scary, really loud-— anything like it. it was so scary, reall loud. ., ., ., , really loud. next door lorraine was assessin: really loud. next door lorraine was assessing the _ really loud. next door lorraine was assessing the damage _ really loud. next door lorraine was assessing the damage to _ really loud. next door lorraine was assessing the damage to her - really loud. next door lorraine was j assessing the damage to her house and herself. i assessing the damage to her house and herself-— and herself. i got some cuts here. it's 'ust and herself. i got some cuts here. it'sjust crazy- _ and herself. i got some cuts here. it's just crazy. what _ and herself. i got some cuts here. it'sjust crazy. what are _ and herself. i got some cuts here. it'sjust crazy. what are you - and herself. i got some cuts here. it'sjust crazy. what are you going | it's 'ust crazy. what are you going to it'sjust crazy. what are you going to do now? _ it'sjust crazy. what are you going to do now? no — it'sjust crazy. what are you going to do now? no idea. _ it'sjust crazy. what are you going to do now? no idea. i'm - it'sjust crazy. what are you going to do now? no idea. i'm going - it'sjust crazy. what are you going to do now? no idea. i'm going to| it'sjust crazy. what are you going i to do now? no idea. i'm going to go to do now? no idea. i'm going to go to my sister's _ to do now? no idea. i'm going to go to my sister's and _ to do now? no idea. i'm going to go to my sister's and try _ to do now? no idea. i'm going to go to my sister's and try and _ to do now? no idea. i'm going to go to my sister's and try and relax - to do now? no idea. i'm going to go to my sister's and try and relax a . to my sister's and try and relax a bit because — to my sister's and try and relax a bit because i'm a bit shaky at the moment — bit because i'm a bit shaky at the moment. ., �* , ., bit because i'm a bit shaky at the moment. . �* , ., ., bit because i'm a bit shaky at the moment. . �* , . ., ., ., , bit because i'm a bit shaky at the moment. . h . ., ., , ., moment. that's a wall that has blown down. i moment. that's a wall that has blown down- i think — moment. that's a wall that has blown down. i think this _ moment. that's a wall that has blown down. i think this is _ moment. that's a wall that has blown down. i think this is worse _ moment. that's a wall that has blown down. i think this is worse than - down. i think this is worse than people expected. we are right on the seafront here, it is very exposed in these properties have been really badly damaged. it's not clear if or when people will be able to repair them all return to them at all. a couple of streets further back it is

in some ways even worse. notjust slates off but entire roofs. people here believe they were hit by a tornado. we here believe they were hit by a tornado. ~ , , ., tornado. we were 'ust settling down, caettin the tornado. we were 'ust settling down, getting the kits — tornado. we were just settling down, getting the kids ready _ tornado. we were just settling down, getting the kids ready for— tornado. we were just settling down, getting the kids ready for bed, - tornado. we were just settling down, getting the kids ready for bed, and i getting the kids ready for bed, and we heard a massive, seeing it come towards us. it was petrifying, horrible, i've never experienced anything like that in my life. within seconds it ripped through the estate _ within seconds it ripped through the estate. the noise was out of this world _ estate. the noise was out of this world. , ., . estate. the noise was out of this world. , . . ' :: :: , world. the winds reached 100 miles an hour forcing _ world. the winds reached 100 miles an hour forcing families _ world. the winds reached 100 miles an hour forcing families to - an hour forcing families to evacuate. watch this mum's reaction to nature's sudden power. i just to nature's sudden power. i 'ust knew i needed i to nature's sudden power. i 'ust knew i needed to i to nature's sudden power. i 'ust knew i needed to get i to nature's sudden power. i 'ust knew i needed to get out. h to nature's sudden power. ijust knew i needed to get out. it - to nature's sudden power. ijust| knew i needed to get out. it was pretty scary. it's quite hard to watch, to look back on. just knowing what could have happened if i wasn't in the room with her at the time. with boarded up windows, you are going to live here?— with boarded up windows, you are going to live here? yeah. some hardy island resolve — going to live here? yeah. some hardy island resolve after— going to live here? yeah. some hardy island resolve after the _ going to live here? jae—n some hardy island resolve after the most frightening night of mags' life. i

was too scared to stay in the bedroom _ was too scared to stay in the bedroom. the kitchen was the safest place _ bedroom. the kitchen was the safest place to _ bedroom. the kitchen was the safest place to he _ bedroom. the kitchen was the safest place to be honest. i was sitting in the kitchen — place to be honest. i was sitting in the kitchen chair. i felt desperate, to he _ the kitchen chair. i felt desperate, to be honest. the kitchen chair. i felt desperate, to be honest-— to be honest. this is only a small art of to be honest. this is only a small part of the _ to be honest. this is only a small part of the island, _ to be honest. this is only a small part of the island, but _ to be honest. this is only a small part of the island, but this - part of the island, but this neighbourhood has been turned literally upside down and it will take a lot to put it back together again. danjohnson, bbc news, jersey. you can see the impact of the high winds on this holiday park in burton bradstock in dorset. large of parts of southern england have been battered today, as duncan kennedy reports. almost everywhere with a land connection to the english channel felt the force of storm ciaran today. this is cornwall, with giant waves generated by gargantuan wins, in places up to 80 miles an hour. in devon, the ferocity of the storm was unrelenting overnight and into this morning. this hotel in salcombe was

caught by the rising waters. it’s caught by the rising waters. it's been a bit _ caught by the rising waters. it�*s been a bit of a shock. we walked down the stairs this morning to find the reception was awash with sea water. fit. the reception was awash with sea water. �* . . . . the reception was awash with sea water. �* . , , ., , the reception was awash with sea water. ~ . , , ., , , ., , water. a massive wave 'ust smashed the door is open. h water. a massive wave 'ust smashed the door is open. they _ water. a massive wave just smashed the door is open. they completely i the door is open. they completely came _ the door is open. they completely came off— the door is open. they completely came off their hinges. the the door is open. they completely came off their hinges.— came off their hinges. the isle of witht came off their hinges. the isle of wight wasn't _ came off their hinges. the isle of wight wasn't spared _ came off their hinges. the isle of wight wasn't spared either. - came off their hinges. the isle of wight wasn't spared either. like | wight wasn't spared either. like hampshire it has already had weeks of flooding, and now a full—blown storm bringing scenes like this. and these pictures show the power of the storm, smashing into and smashing up a number of holiday chalets at the freshwater beach holiday park near weymouth. a number of families had to be rescued. i weymouth. a number of families had to be rescued-— to be rescued. i ran towards the wall. it to be rescued. i ran towards the wall- it was _ to be rescued. i ran towards the wall. it was bad. _ to be rescued. i ran towards the wall. it was bad. it _ to be rescued. i ran towards the wall. it was bad. it was - to be rescued. i ran towards the wall. it was bad. it was bad. - wall. it was bad. it was bad. luckily we weren't there when a big one came to the caravans. ththd luckily we weren't there when a big one came to the caravans. and here in hastings — one came to the caravans. and here in hastings too _ one came to the caravans. and here in hastings too the _ one came to the caravans. and here in hastings too the coast _ one came to the caravans. and here in hastings too the coast received . in hastings too the coast received an almost nonstop battering throughout the day. rail and ferry services have been badly affected right across the southern region.

from the flash flooding in the new forest at horsham and the loss of electricity in 6000 homes in sussex and kent. this storm has left a disruptive path across hundreds of miles of the south coast. it may be gone, its aftermath has not. duncan kennedy, bbc news. there's been widespread flooding in northern ireland for days now which has been getting worse in some areas. it's not because of storm ciaran. these floods come after several days of very heavy rainfall. 0ur ireland correspondent, chris page, is in county down. the weather here has actually been largely fine today. you wouldn't think it is looking at this terrible scene here in patrick. this is the main shopping street. dozens of businesses are under several feet of water so cafes, offices, shops have all suffered thousands of pounds

worth of damage. the flooding has happened after heavy rainfall earlier this week which fell onto ground which was already saturated, and into rivers which were already swollen. elsewhere in this part of the uk road closures are causing travel difficulties and there another serious situation in portadown in county armagh where some homes have been cut off and a group of young people have been rowing boats up to houses to deliver food and medical supplies to people who are stuck inside. down here in downpatrick, engineers have been looking at the scale of the problems but they think they may not be able to start pumping and draining water away until tomorrow because at the moment the river is still at such a high level they wouldn't be able to make any real progress. so tonight unfortunately in northern ireland, flooding is causing disruption and destruction. flooding is causing disruption and destruction-— flooding is causing disruption and destruction. , ., ., ,. , ., the covid inquiry has heard that the former health secretary matt hancock wanted to decide "who should live and who should die" if hospitals became overwhelmed.

the man who led the nhs until 2021, lord simon stevens, told the hearing that he wanted to discourage the idea that a secretary of state should decide. fortunately, he said, "this horrible dilemma" never crystallised. hugh pym is here. tell us more about what simon stevens was saying. we tell us more about what simon stevens was saying.— tell us more about what simon stevens was saying. we heard in the in t ui that stevens was saying. we heard in the inquiry that in _ stevens was saying. we heard in the inquiry that in february _ stevens was saying. we heard in the inquiry that in february 2020 - inquiry that in february 2020 officials had carried out a worst—case scenario exercise on what impact covid might have and they concluded there might be 840,000 deaths overfour months. concluded there might be 840,000 deaths over four months. in the wake of that we learned what was said to be a very difficult ethical discussion over if hospitals were going to be overwhelmed which patients would be given treatment and a chance of survival and which ones would not be. lord simon stevens said in his evidence that matt hancock had been in favour of the secretary of state making that decision and not medical professionals. lord stevens disagreed and this is what he had to

say. i certainly wanted to discourage the idea that an individual secretary of state, other than in the most exceptional circumstances, should be deciding how care would be provided. i felt that we are well served by the medical profession, in consultation with patients to the greatest extent possible, in making those kinds of decisions. matt hancock of course will give his own version of events to the inquiry in the next few weeks. lord stevens was asked later about allegations that had been made by other witnesses that mr hancock had not told the truth at times and he told the inquiry he had seen no evidence of that. , . ~ the inquiry he had seen no evidence of that. , ., ,, israel's prime minister — benjamin netanyahu — says his country's troops are at "the height of battle" in their ground operation in gaza and have made significant progress. video footage from both sides shows israeli tanks and troops pressing towards gaza city. several hundred more civilians

are expected to be allowed out of the south of gaza via the rafah crossing and into egypt — among them british nationals. the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says more than 9,000 people have now been killed in the strip. israel began its bombing campaign in response to hamas — designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government — launched their attacks on 7 october in which 1,400 people were murdered. here's our international editorjeremy bowen. a warning his report contains images many will find distressing. more evidence that nowhere in gaza is safe. israel hit bureij refugee camp. for days, israel has been ordering civilians in gaza to move south for their own safety. bureij is inside the area where they were told to go, and thousands of displaced people were sheltering there. the un human rights office has said that so many civilians have been killed and wounded in israeli air strikes that it has serious concerns

that these are disproportionate attacks that could be war crimes. a girl was pulled out alive. she asks the stretcher bearers, "are you taking me to my grave?" the men try to reassure her that she's not dead. across gaza, unknown numbers of dead are buried under the rubble. in bureij camp, he is asked who he is looking for. "my four children. my four children," he says. "oh, god, why did you leave me and die?" israel says it wants to destroy hamas. civilians, it says, are killed because hamas uses them as human shields. israel has released pictures of some of its latest attacks. based on reports from inside gaza and israeli military statements,

it seems clear that they are pushing forward into gaza city. the pictures released by the army are pre—edited. they don't want to give away locations. hamas, as far as we can tell, is using hit and run tactics against what is a much more powerful army. to support the ground war in gaza, the israeli military says it is only using half its air power. the troops have been visited by israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. translation: icall- on the uninvolved, get out. get out, move self, because we will not quit our efforts to eliminate the hamas terrorists. we will advance, we will advance and win. this is jabalia in northern gaza, hit three days running. israel defends its targeting vigorously, but it also knows that pictures like this every day make it

harder for its allies to push back demands for a ceasefire. the boy is saying, "we didn't do anything wrong. we didn't do anything wrong!" the un says 22 people sheltering in four of its schools were killed today. it isn't clear what hit this one injabalia. what is clear from the evidence and from un statements is that nowhere is safe in gaza. jeremy bowen, bbc news, southern israel. among those trapped in gaza are at least 30 children, thought to make up the more than 200 hostages still being held by hamas. among the youngest are two sisters from the asher family — kidnapped, together with their mother, more than three weeks ago. their father has been speaking to our correspondentjon donnison. # happy birthday to you...# two sisters. raz, four, and aviv, just two.

a birthday sing—song for their dad earlier this summer. but the girls, along with their mother, doron, are now hostages in gaza. and he is home alone. how can you hate a child, you know? it's painful to see a child getting hurt. anywhere, in any situation. children need to be off limits. i can't hate not even the children of my so—called enemies. yoni wasn't with the girls when they were taken on october 7th. along with their mum, they'd been staying with their grandma efrat for the holidays in the nir 0z kibbutz. efrat was killed. this video posted by hamas in gaza — confirmation of a father's nightmare. my little daughter, you see a little hand here, getting covered on her head. and this is my older daughter, raz, with the pink dress. tell me what you felt when you saw that video.

it's hard to describe. the only thing i can put in words that can be close is i suffer. to experience these hours, those hours, it was the definition of hell. she came from the kindergarten with, you know, a bunch of... inside the family home, everywhere you look are memories. ..so she gave it to me and told me, "daddy, this is for you. this is a superhero." so, how has he felt seeing the hostage videos posted by hamas? it was not easy to watch, mainly because people, humans are in captive, taken advantage by the one who kidnapped them. in a cynical and the lowest way

possible, in order to make some kind of psychological battle. i have two small children, mine are four and eight, you know... i mean, i can't imagine what the last three weeks have been like. i seriously considered to offer myself instead of them in order to exchange, specifically me, in exchange for my family. how can i sleep when i don't know if they are cold or hot? but all yoni can do is wait and tell their story. jon donnison, bbc news, in central israel. the bank of england has kept interest rates at 5.25%, but they remain at a 15—year high. the bank's governor, andrew bailey, said it was too early to be thinking about rate cuts and he was watching closely to see if further increases were needed. 0ur economics editor

faisal islam is here. so they could go up again? well, no surprise there was no rate rise today. the new development today was a very strong indication from the bank in writing that rates would stay around the level they are, 5%, 5.75% foran would stay around the level they are, 5%, 5.75% for an extended period. what the bank is trying to achieve is they are concerned. people saw interest rates went up first is the same time as inflation went up and now in a couple of weeks' time, inflation will start to fall quite rapidly. they may expect interest rates would full as rapidly and they are trying to nip that in the bud. and it does seem as if interest rates have peaked, the clear indication from them was that for the foreseeable future, there would be no cuts. more widely, they put out a focus for the economy and it appears from these forecasts at least that there will be little or no growth notjust for the rest of this year, but next year and into 2025, that will be the backdrop if

you like to the general election. so no rise today, no cuts for the foreseeable, but little to no growth, too. foreseeable, but little to no growth. too-— faisal islam. the prime minister, rishi sunak, has told world leaders gathered for the uk's first ai safety summit that countries have a responsibility to address the dangers of artificial intelligence. the prime minister said ai offered "transformative" change, but that it also brought the potential for social harms like bias and disinformation. 28 countries are at the summit in bletchley park, along with tech bosses and academics. 0ur political editor chris mason reports. the world of artificial intelligence. i'm standing in front of a picture of parliament, a real picture of parliament. but here is the twist. if we zoom out, this technology, ai, has the capacity — of its own accord — to fill in the blanks. now, i can tell you, that is not what parliament actually looks like,

but it is believable. and we can also choose what to add, so how about we spruce up this place? well, we could add a flower bed, for instance. and the possibilities are endless. this is just a very small example of the power of this technology, being discussed a few stops away from here, in buckinghamshire. some reckon artificial intelligence will mean another industrial revolution — shaking up the workplace, health care, education — but the focus here at bletchley park, once the home of the world war ii codebreakers, is on the potentially massive risks ai poses to us all if computers can design new diseases or weapons. the prime minister's invited folk from around the world, the un secretary—general and the vice—president of the united states among them. the late stephen hawking once said, "ai is likely to be the best or worst thing to happen to humanity".

if we can sustain the collaboration that we've fostered over these last two days, i profoundly believe that we can make it the best. the world is still working out what on earth to do about al, what international rules might be needed. some say the technology has in—built problems already, but the government has said it won't rush to regulate. i think that that's wrong. i think there's plenty of evidence of the risks and the harms that are happening here and now to people, and the government should be regulating right now and could be moving faster, if it had the political will to do so. rishi sunak reckons ai can help grow the economy overall, but where will it leave ourjobs? do leaders need to be more candid about the consequences of ai revolutionising workplaces — bluntly, potentially, putting lots of people out of work? we should look at al much more as a co—pilot than something that necessarily

is going to replace someone's job. you know, ai is a tool that can help almost everybody do theirjobs better, faster, quicker, but that does mean jobs can change. technology has long been revolutionary. this next wave, ai, terrifies some, excites others. chris mason, bbc news, at bletchley park. so the focus at that summit has been on the dangers of ai, as it becomes more powerful and intelligent. but i've been to meet two entrepreneurs who say it could soon help humans solve very difficult challenges in our lives — from transport to medicine. i'm about to take a drive into the future. welcome to wayve, sophie. let's go! this is a self—driving car, and the 31—year—old entrepreneur behind it thinks it could soon transform our lives. so... go on. ai is now controlling the car.

it's controlling the speed, the steering, the brake, the indicators, everything about the drive. this car, with six cameras on board, is learning all the time. behind the wheel, but not in control, is a safety expert. it's the car that is now making the decisions. it's got a brain on board that can make its own decisions. it's not following set rules and maps that have been hand—coded or human—programmed. and that brain is making ten decisions every second. it needs to, on london's busy streets. ok, now, that's... i mean, look at this, right? we're going to make a left turn here and you can see that... there are two buses. it's indicating. it's coming left. wow, look at that! we just turned between the buses to come in the left lane, to make a left turn here. amazing! that was a pretty complex manoeuvre. this a! technology is being designed to work on any car. the aim — to make driving a lot safer and more efficient. oh, it's what i've been dreaming of, and i've been so excited about the progress. what we've seen this year in al

is nothing short of remarkable. it's turning what used to be science fiction into an actual reality. ai is also hard at work in this lab in south london. these are liquid—handling robots, which are working with artificial intelligence to help discover new drugs. i come into this lab and it feels like science fiction. this robot is doing tens of thousands of tests on human tissue to try to find a better treatment for cancer than chemotherapy. it's looking at how these novel therapeutic agents work— on both cancer cells — these diseased cells — and healthy cells to ensure that we can find new molecules that just kill the cancer cells, but leave the healthy human cells unscathed. and the data that is generated by that platform goes back up into the cloud to generate the designs for the next set of therapeutic agents. for now, the focus is on new ways to treat cancer, but what if you peer further

into the future? what about taking out diseased cells like your ageing cells, for example, to rejuvenate the human body, or cell types that are driving inflammatory process in the body? i think approaches like this and being able to selectively target subsets of cells in the body and eliminate them will actually transform the way in which we think about not only disease, but also, what does it actually means to be healthy? it's very strange, isn't it? it may feel strange, but the reality is that artificial intelligence is already here, and it will have a huge impact on all our lives. fires caused by batteries overheating on ebikes are happening on average every two days in london alone, that is according to the fire service. we have spoken to one man whose girlfriend and children died after his bike was charging overnight at their home in

cambridge. he has been speaking to our reporter. i screamed, "gemma, the kids, pass me the kids!", and i heard a voice from her saying, "i can't get out." injune, scott bought a replacement battery online for his e—bike. my bike was spitting out flames. i proceeded to jump out of the window to try and fight the fire, while my missus was sorting the kids and the two dogs out. badly burned, with a broken ankle, scott was taken to hospital and placed in an induced coma for four weeks. my mum and my dad broke the news to me. and, yeah, i lost my girlfriend, my son, my daughter, and our two dogs. lithium—ion batteries contain a large amount of energy in a small space. but this is thermal runaway, demonstrated in a lab. if a cell in a faulty battery heats up uncontrollably, a devastating chain reaction can follow. this incident happened in illingworth in west yorkshire in february, when an electric motorbike was left on charge overnight.

screaming i came out of that house with nothing. there needs to be a law about buying second—hand batteries. they need to be checked, motd, because you don't want to be the next person that has to go through what i've just gone through. tim muffett. an australian woman has been charged with murder, after serving guests a beef wellington laced with poisonous mushrooms. erin patterson has always denied deliberately poisoning her former in—laws and two of their relatives at a lunch back injuly, claiming she bought the mushrooms at a supermarket. three of the guests died, with a fourth spending months in hospital. ms patterson also faces five attempted murder charges, three of which date to incidents prior to the dinner. marks & spencer has apologised and deleted an instagram post,

after it was accused of being anti—palestinian. the image featured three christmas hats, coloured red, white and green, burning in a fireplace — colours that feature on the flag of palestine. m&s said the hats were in traditional festive colours and the image represented how some people don't like wearing them. the retailer said that the advert was filmed back in august, but apologised for any unintentional hurt caused. what's been billed as the last song by the beatles has been played this afternoon on bbc radio 2 and 6 music. now and then was been in development for 45 years, now and then was in development for 45 years, afterjohn lennon first recorded the vocals on a demo tape in 1978. artificial intelligence has been used to complete the new song. here's our music correspondent mark savage. this is a landmark moment in music, featuring all of the fab four. - here is new music, _ on bbc radio 2, from the beatles. # now and then

# i miss you...# this is it — one final beatles song, released 43 years afterjohn lennon died. when we lostjohn, we knew that it was really over. i was talking to yoko and she said, "oh, i think i've got a tape ofjohn". john lennon recorded the original cassette demo of now and then in his new york apartment in 1978 but, for years, the quality of the audio was thought to be unusable. it was only in the last five years that computer technology allowed the beatles to extract his voice and make it sound as if he'd recorded it here, at abbey road studios. # i know it's true # it's all because of you...# it's absolutely wonderful. and having the voice | ofjohn lennon on it, it's a beautiful thing. wow, it's beautiful!

it's quite sad that that's it, that's the end of an era but, you know, what a song to bow outwith! when they broke up in 1970, it really was an acrimonious break—up. they were young men, they were angry, they were tired of working with each other, and it really wasn't very happy time. so what this song allows us to do is really have a more gentle and poignant goodbye. it's the sound of four friends making music across time and space — and maybe the final chapter of rock's most influential band. mark savage, bbc news. it is thursday, it is question time, here is fiona with what is coming up. here is fiona with what is coming u n . ., here is fiona with what is coming u ._ ., , , up. tonight, it is the past, the covid inquiry _ up. tonight, it is the past, the covid inquiry and _ up. tonight, it is the past, the covid inquiry and those - up. tonight, it is the past, the i covid inquiry and those whatsapp messages. the present, the crisis in gaza. in the future, is a out really that scary? 0n iplayer at 8pm and on the bbc after the ten o'clock news.

time for a look at the weather. here's stav da naos. what a 24 hours for the south coast and in northern france, very bad indeed. and friday, a lot quieter. good sunny spells and further showers. winds cost we saw earlier on, there were reports of winds around 100 mph injersey, it was north—west brittany that saw the strongest, in excess of 150 mph. store ciaran continues to move into the north sea taking the strong winds with it. filling the isobars, so the winds continue to ease. it remains a blustery evening and night across much of the uk, with outbreaks of rain across eastern, northern and eastern scotland, parts of eastern england continuing. elsewhere, skies will clear and we will see one or two showers, it will be a chilly night for many, five to 8 degrees, chillier spots in sheltered glens of scotland and northern ireland. into friday, much

better day, more sunshine across the board,