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hostilities on the humanitarian situation in gaza. the current conditions are making it impossible for meaningful humanitarian operations to be conducted. a cease—fire stops the bombardment, but a cease—fire also enables aid workers to get that aid in. right now, we are not even close to that, not even a fraction of the food, water, medicine that is needed. israel is ready for another- humanitarian pause and additional humanitarian aid in order to enable the release of hostages. _ delayed, delayed and delayed again — this time last night, the un security council was set to vote on a new resolution calling for a pause in the fighting in gaza. 2a hours later, its still hasn't
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come, as negotiators desperately try to agree on a wording that will avoid another us veto. we will get reaction from one of the un teams that have been working inside gaza about how vital a pause in fighting is for aid groups to continue their operations in the strip. also tonight, we will be live in iceland, where there has been a dramatic volcanic eruption. and after having his requests for more military funding blocked in washington and brussels, president zelensky has told the ukrainian people that he is confident they will win the war, calling for half a million more ukrainians to join the army. negotiators in the united nations security council have spent the day trying to come to an agreement over the wording of a resolution calling for a humanitarian pause in fighting in gaza. they have delayed the vote multiple
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times in the last 2a hours to try and come to an agreement that will avoid a us veto. a vote is now expected in around two hours' time. remember, the us was the only country to vote against the last security council resolution calling for a cease—fire. we have heard from the state department in the last hour or so. in a statement, they said the us would welcome a resolution that supports addressing humanitarian needs of gaza, but the details of any resolution matter. let's take a look at the language in the resolution that the us state department is referring to. first, the wording originally proposed by the arab states called for... "an urgent and sustainable cessation of hostilities to allow safe and unhindered humanitarian access". that was replaced with... the us suggested a change to the wording, replacing the call for a "cessation" of hostilities with instead a call
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for the "suspension" of hostilities. so instead of a cease—fire, a pause in fighting. the british home secretary has been speaking to press asking if he had agreed with his colleagues in government that there should be an immediate cease—fire have a listen to his response. the uk government has been consistent in our message throughout this that israel does of course have a right to self—defence, but in discharging that right and that duty to self—defence, it should do so in accordance with international law, conscious of minimising civilian casualties. obviously we see the images of what's coming out of gaza. they are heartbreaking. we want...everyone wants this to come to a speedy conclusion, but of course we have to recognise that there was a cease—fire up until the 7th of october, the point at which hamas initiated a brutal mass murder. and it's important that hamas lays down its arms,
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doesn't commit to perpetrating another atrocity as they currently have done. our correspondent nada tawfik is in new york keeping an eye on things for us. what does a delay like this tell us? it really tells us that negotiations are really intense at the moment. we have seen numerous delays over the last two days and i can tell you just yesterday diplomats told me they were 99% of the way there were very close to an agreement. i think that underscores how significant the language is in these resolutions in order to get an agreement. the language has to be quite particular and diplomats told me the us is being very tough on the wording in this resolution. originally, the key sticking points had been around cease—fire language. we had seen that water down to talk about it and
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said a suspension of hostilities although it did include a line about urgent steps to reach a sustainable cessation of hostilities, it seems there are now further concerns more about this proposal for un there are now further concerns more about this proposalfor un mechanism to monitor aid into gaza so it shows that even though diplomats felt they were quite close, the particulars are taking quite a long time here. we will see if this boat does happen this evening or if efforts to get the united states onboard into avoid a us veto will mean it will be postponed again.— a us veto will mean it will be postponed again. thank you for keein: postponed again. thank you for keeping us _ postponed again. thank you for keeping us updated _ postponed again. thank you for keeping us updated in - postponed again. thank you for keeping us updated in we - postponed again. thank you for keeping us updated in we will. postponed again. thank you for| keeping us updated in we will of course keep across what is happening in the united nations but let's turn for some reaction to rafah. gemma connell is team lead for the united nations office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs in gaza. i know we need to talk about the
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situation in gaza and we will do that momentarily, but how important would it be to the work you are doing to have a humanitarian pause in the attacking of gaza by israel to allow humanitarian aid in? i have one very clear— to allow humanitarian aid in? i have one very clear message _ to allow humanitarian aid in? i have one very clear message on - to allow humanitarian aid in? i have one very clear message on this - to allow humanitarian aid in? i have one very clear message on this in i one very clear message on this in thatis one very clear message on this in that is a pause would enable aid delivery but it is not what is needed right now. what is needed now is an end to this war because a pause does not provide the relief that will enable the gaza strip to be resuscitated, it does not provide people with the prospect of being able to return to life, does not provide the children living in tents right nowjust outside where i am staying with the ability to return to their homes and rebuild them so what is needed is an end to this war. ., ,., , ., ., war. tell me about the situation riaht now war. tell me about the situation right now where _ war. tell me about the situation right now where you _ war. tell me about the situation right now where you are - war. tell me about the situation right now where you are and - war. tell me about the situation - right now where you are and indeed what you are hearing from within gaza? ~ , ,., , what you are hearing from within gaza? ~ , , , ., ., gaza? absolutely. the situation where i am _ gaza? absolutely. the situation where i am is — gaza? absolutely. the situation where i am is horrifying. - gaza? absolutely. the situation where i am is horrifying. i- gaza? absolutely. the situation| where i am is horrifying. i would say it is unimaginable, but it is
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the reality of the people who are here in rafah. the hundreds of thousands of people who have fled, many now five, six, seven times in order to try and find safety. yesterday i visited a hospital in khan younis where a young girl was killed by a tank shell, she had already been struck and had lost both of her legs and that was a paediatric ward. if a child who has had limited applications is not safe in a paediatric ward in gaza we continue to say and it is proven daily that there is no safe place in gaza and this cannot continue. what gaza and this cannot continue. what needs to happen _ gaza and this cannot continue. what needs to happen now _ gaza and this cannot continue. what needs to happen now for you to be able to carry on your work safely in the way that you would like to? every day we will wake up and we will carry on our work. the other day i was on a convoy and we made it to all sheep a hospital in gaza city through after of conflict and through after of conflict and through checkpoints will we are committed every day no matter if there is a pause no matter if
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anything else happens we will continue to wake up and try and deliver —— active conflict. my message to the world is this, this is not about aid delivery, this is about bringing the gaza strip back to life, bringing in commercial supplies. if you are a mother in gaza in you cannot find a diaperfor a child, formula, and if you are breast—feeding you don't have enough clean water to sustain breast—feeding for your child. no amount of aid and turn that around for the 2.2 million people in the gaza strip. so the war simply has to end and i know i am seeing the same thing, but it does because every single day, every single person who i speak to tells me that the world has to understand these are people 5500 babies have been born in the gaza strip and the last month. imagine the prospects of life for them. i met a mother the other day whose baby was born in the straight and died because she was unable to access medical attention, the simply cannot go on. so we will wake up
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every day and continue to deliver for the war simply has to end. knowing what we know and knowing the fact that it is good to be very difficult even potentially we can see the amount of time it is taking to get even a temporary cease—fire through the un security council, and end into the war at least for now is not looking particularly likely. if there were to be some sort of humanitarian cease—fire, but that at least help alleviate some of the problems and you have been talking about? fix. problems and you have been talking about? �* . ., ., problems and you have been talking about? ~ . ., ., . about? a humanitarian cease-fire would help _ about? a humanitarian cease-fire would help us _ about? a humanitarian cease-fire would help us to _ about? a humanitarian cease-fire would help us to be _ about? a humanitarian cease-fire would help us to be able - about? a humanitarian cease-fire would help us to be able to - about? a humanitarian cease-fire would help us to be able to pushl would help us to be able to push forward with assistance to the north where we know there are still hundreds of thousands of people, civilians in the streets, i've seen the myself who are in desperate need of assistance. but if we have that because it will be accompanied by large—scale resumption of the commercial sector again, you cannot go to a pharmacy today and find sanitary pads, women do not have access to sanitary pads.
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humanitarian aid into something that is the tip of the iceberg so any steps that are taken must be comprehensive. a pause enables us to move more freely, that is critical. it is amazing if we can move forward without the threat of gunfire, it would be amazing if we could be weaved through a checkpoint rather than spending hours there. all would facilitate a response, but still they would not be enough. gaza needs a so much right now and that so much has to be the combination of first and foremost, the end to the war, secondly, the delivery of humanitarian assistance at scale and, thirdly, the resumption of the commercial sector. we need cooking gas, the bakeries need to be able to run, people need to be able to access clean water. all of the things have to come through and they have to come through now. children are faced with a skin disease, respiratory disease, children like any other child on this planet. i appeal to any power washing disk to think how they would feel if they woke up every day unable to give
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their children the basics to survive. —— parent watching. their children the basics to survive. -- parent watching. thank ou for survive. -- parent watching. thank you for coming _ survive. -- parent watching. thank you for coming to _ survive. -- parent watching. thank you for coming to talk _ survive. -- parent watching. thank you for coming to talk to _ survive. -- parent watching. thank you for coming to talk to us - survive. -- parent watching. thank you for coming to talk to us about | you for coming to talk to us about what is happening there. it is good to talk to you and thank you, once more. . ~' to talk to you and thank you, once more. . ~ ,., to talk to you and thank you, once more. . ~ i., ., ., now let's talk about iran and its involvement in a number of the stories we are following in the middle east this week, particularly the situation in the red sea. a number of major shipping companies have suspended routes through the red sea due to frequent attacks on vessels by iran—backed houthi rebels in yemen. today, one of the world's biggest shipping companies, hapag lloyd, says it won't resume routes through the red sea until it can guarantee the safety of its staff. and we have also heard from a houthi representative, who has warned that "any country that moves against yemen will have its ships targeted in the red sea". not a great situation at all for
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those ships trying to get through there. it is an important shipping route. behnam ben taleblu is an iran expert with the foundation for defense of democracies, a nonpartisan security think tank in washington. good to talk to you and thank you forjoining us on bbc news. first, explain to people watching at home, why these global shipping delays matter. , . ., ., ., matter. they matter a great deal whether or _ matter. they matter a great deal whether or not _ matter. they matter a great deal whether or not the _ matter. they matter a great deal whether or not the ships - matter. they matter a great deal whether or not the ships choose | matter. they matter a great deal i whether or not the ships choose to continue to go up through the red sea or go around the cape of good hope to get to around africa because any time delay or insurance label transfer the cost onto the consumer. that is a short—term problem. in the medium to long term is around 10—12 of percent of the global trade of the world goes in between that area of the red sea near the suez canal and the houthi is which are a major police backed proxies sit on the tip of the peninsula show their capability and intends to target
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commercial vessels are in fact replicating part of the very successful security strategy you saw the islamic republic of iran develop and refine and for decades now. um? and refine and for decades now. why are they doing it now? since - and refine and for decades now. why are they doing it now? since 2000 l are they doing it now? since 2000 ei . ht the are they doing it now? since 2000 eight the who _ are they doing it now? since 2000 eight the who these _ are they doing it now? since 2000. eight the who these have expressed their intent to enter any kind of perspective conflict between israelis and hamas and israel and the lebanese his brother houthi. now we have this conflict on her hands and more importantly the houthi is have the long—range strike capabilities as well as the anti—ship weapons all brought to you by the iran to be able to strike israel as well shipping and and for ironically the more successful israel and the international coalition have been in terms of preventing visa strikes on israeli territory, strikes of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones, the houthi is have attempted to go after low hanging fruit which
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is the shipping that passes by their shores in the red sea. that is why they are praying all these commercial vessels today. they are bringing elements of active resistance online and this is the name that iran gives to the proxies in the region. name that iran gives to the proxies in the region-— in the region. let's talk about spill-over _ in the region. let's talk about spill-over and _ in the region. let's talk about spill-over and escalation. - in the region. let's talk about spill-over and escalation. is l in the region. let's talk about - spill-over and escalation. is there spill—over and escalation. is there a fear that that is something we could be looking at soon? there is one medium _ could be looking at soon? there is one medium to _ could be looking at soon? there is one medium to long _ could be looking at soon? there is one medium to long term - could be looking at soon? there is one medium to long term fear - one medium to long term fear that the more successful the who these are in the red sea based off the successes of iran and the persian growth that another iran proxy in different and also critical part of the world that has capability to exact a maritime, his brother houthi and may enter the fray if either of missiles, we have never seen so the is there potential that expired in the maritime domain. also that they could either work to wait to
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re—flight or the successes of a maritime coalition that the us just enough the red sea. the problem is the cost of these greater transportation routes in the short term will be transposed onto the consumer. i term will be transposed onto the consumer-— consumer. i have to ask about president _ consumer. i have to ask about president biden _ consumer. i have to ask about president biden and _ consumer. i have to ask about president biden and what - consumer. i have to ask about president biden and what is i president biden and what is happening in terms of the israel gaza conflict in terms of his support, in terms of what is happening there, do you think this conflict could be coming quite serious for him?— conflict could be coming quite serious for him? from a policy and olitical serious for him? from a policy and political perspective _ serious for him? from a policy and political perspective i _ serious for him? from a policy and political perspective i am - serious for him? from a policy and political perspective i am inclined. political perspective i am inclined to agree. adverse i fear that is something the islamic republic understands. make no mistake, the post october seven middle east is the most state sponsor of terrorism understanding how use violence to achieve political ends. that's precisely what the escalation we have early scene in the region outside of israel and gaza is precisely trying to do. to raise political cost, to playoff political
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sensitivities. that is why there had been almost 80 iran backed attacks against us positions and there has been this houthi bringing on line anti—ship capabilities that strike commercial vessels to raise the risks and commiseration with these rays of risk the microphone should changes here and have boccard policies the biden administration will be quite bind as to what happens in 202a. will be quite bind as to what happens in 2024.— will be quite bind as to what happens in 2024. will be quite bind as to what ha ens in 2024. ., ., ,, ., ,. happens in 2024. good to talk to you and i happens in 2024. good to talk to you and i always — happens in 2024. good to talk to you and i always thank _ happens in 2024. good to talk to you and i always thank you. _ around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the scottish government has announced a new 45% band for people earning over £75,000, meaning higher earners in scotland will be paying more income tax. the top rate, which is paid by those earning more than £125,000, will also rise to 48%. the housing secretary announces a pledge to intervene if there have been delays to house—building as a result of poor performance among planning teams.
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michael gove says that he will call out local authorities that are "dragging their feet" when it comes to processing housing applications. a woman and her child were left shaken but unhurt when a car veered off a road and flipped on its side right in front of them. west midlands police say the crash happened in solihull at about 4pm on saturday. the woman driving the car suffered cuts, and the force says an investigation is under way. you're live with bbc news. there has been a dramatic volcano eruption in iceland, which is sending lava spewing hundreds of metres into the sky. let's take you straight to these live pictures from south—western iceland as the volcano continues to spewjets of molten lava from a crack in the earth that's now
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several kilometres long. the area is a volcanic and seismic hotspot not far from the capital, reykjavik. experts say the eruption could last weeks or maybe even months. this is the moment the volcano erupted late on monday captured on webcam by the icelandic broadcaster ruv as smoke and fiery lava lit up the night sky. and look at these pictures caught by an eyewitness from their phone as they were driving past the volcano. scientists are continuing to monitor the explosion from the air and land. they had predicted an eruption after detecting intense seismic activity over the past few weeks, butjust didn't know exactly when it would happen.
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there are warnings for residents in the capital, reykjavik, that toxic fumes could reach the city overnight tonight. our correspondent sofia betizza is there for us. bring us up—to—date with the very latest on this erection, the pictures that i have been seeing and people around the world have been seeing are incredible. this people around the world have been seeing are incredible.— seeing are incredible. this is as close as we _ seeing are incredible. this is as close as we could _ seeing are incredible. this is as close as we could get _ seeing are incredible. this is as close as we could get to - seeing are incredible. this is as close as we could get to the - seeing are incredible. this is as - close as we could get to the volcano which hopefully you can see right there behind me in the distance. now we landed at reykjavik airport around three hours ago and started driving in this direction but after around 20 minutes, the authorities and stopped us and told us we cannot continue any further. in fact, the authorities here in iceland are urging everybody not to come to this area, for their safety but also to allow scientists to assess the situation on the ground. let me tell you, we can smell the smoke, we can
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see ashes in the air, we can sometimes feel the vibration under our feet sometimes feel the vibration under ourfeet and we sometimes feel the vibration under our feet and we can definitely hear the sound of the volcano in the distance. to give you an idea of the situation, when we were in reykjavik, the capital, around 30 km away, we could immediately see the flames, the orange flames coming out of the volcano. that gives you an idea ofjust how powerful this abruption is. we idea ofjust how powerful this abruption is.— idea ofjust how powerful this abrution is. ~ , abruption is. we sent you there, obviously. _ abruption is. we sent you there, obviously. to _ abruption is. we sent you there, obviously, to cover _ abruption is. we sent you there, obviously, to cover this - abruption is. we sent you there, obviously, to cover this event. abruption is. we sent you there, l obviously, to cover this event and abruption is. we sent you there, i obviously, to cover this event and i know that the world is watching, the pictures have been broadcast everywhere, but how do icelandic people feel about this? i know that these events can be relatively common in iceland, but to this degree and how are people taking it? that is a really good question. in the last few hours i've spoken to several people who have come here to take selfies, photos, videos of the volcano, but they are all tourists.
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people from india, the uk, the us who thought this was an amazing view, that they did not want to mess. but then i spoke to someone from iceland and i asked them, are you concerned, are you scared, and he just looked at me and said, this isjust a regular tuesday he just looked at me and said, this is just a regular tuesday for people in iceland. it that might be an exaggeration but it is true. but of course, it is not a regular tuesday. as you can see behind me, this is, this does not happen every day in iceland. but this is a country that has seen volcanic eruptions in the past and it is home to 30 volcanic systems, the highest number in europe. but also, they had been expecting this. the authorities have been preparing for weeks. there had town nearby that had been evacuated weeks ago so what authorities are saying is that they are fully prepared, there is no threat to
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life, they are hoping that the people who live near the volcano will be able to reach home soon. fantastic, i have to say, tuesday night here at bbc is curry night, different kind of fire. volcanologist professor dougal jerram from the university of oslo can tell us more. a really bad joke there, i know. you are very politely laughing. some amazin: are very politely laughing. some amazing fire. — are very politely laughing. some amazing fire, it _ are very politely laughing. some amazing fire, it is. _ are very politely laughing. some amazing fire, it is. the - are very politely laughing. some amazing fire, it is. the picturesl amazing fire, it is. the pictures are astounding, _ amazing fire, it is. the pictures are astounding, tell _ amazing fire, it is. the pictures are astounding, tell me - amazing fire, it is. the pictures are astounding, tell me more l amazing fire, it is. the pictures - are astounding, tell me more about the science behind it. these eruptions are relatively common, but are they as big as this, the ones that happen in iceland, all the time? in that happen in iceland, all the time? , that happen in iceland, all the time? in some ways, the backdrop to this is the fact _ time? in some ways, the backdrop to this is the fact that _ time? in some ways, the backdrop to this is the fact that some _ time? in some ways, the backdrop to this is the fact that some of - time? in some ways, the backdrop to this is the fact that some of the - this is the fact that some of the volcanic systems in iceland are some of the best monitored in the world. so we actually have known about the potential for there being an abruption here for several weeks as you said in your introduction. that's because the magma, when it works its way up through the crust, because of small earthquakes and in fact the big lined of earthquakes, a
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swarm of them, stretch from the town of grindavik in this south, north of where the actual site of erection is and that is why authorities choose to evacuate the town come around 4000 people were evacuated. also concerns about a local power station and people who had visited iceland had probably visited the blue lagoon which is a tourist hotspot. they're all very close to where this activity is happening. is all very close to where this activity is happening. is there a fear that the _ activity is happening. is there a fear that the lava _ activity is happening. is there a fear that the lava could - activity is happening. is there a fear that the lava could end - activity is happening. is there a fear that the lava could end up| fear that the lava could end up going in the direction that you do not expect it? i heard it flows quite fast times.— quite fast times. relatively speaking. _ quite fast times. relatively speaking. the _ quite fast times. relatively speaking, the key - quite fast times. relatively speaking, the key element| quite fast times. relatively l speaking, the key element is quite fast times. relatively - speaking, the key element is that lava flows very much like a river it goes down into the lows and at the moment, luckily the abruption site is on the sort of the other side of the slopes away from the town of grindavik. so as it currently stands, where the abruption is located is in a slightly more remote area and so it does not immediately threaten some of the infrastructure. it looks very beautiful, the flames
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and the colours and what have you, but there is a serious side to volcanic activity, particularly in countries that are very susceptible. indeed. in some ways, this abruption is on one end of the spectrum because it is not a particularly explosive eruption. these are a few super eruptions, they tend to have fire fountains that then make their way into lava flows. so they are relatively easy for humans to get away from if they can work out where they are going to erupt from —— effusive eruption. so the 2010 eruption in iceland for example which closed european airspace for six days was a more explosive event. so in some ways depending on the type of volcanic activity, it depends on the immediate risk to people. flan depends on the immediate risk to --eole. . ,. depends on the immediate risk to --eole. . y., ., depends on the immediate risk to n-eole. ., ., . ., . people. can you name the icelandic volcano from _ people. can you name the icelandic
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volcano from 2010? _ people. can you name the icelandic volcano from 2010? oh _ people. can you name the icelandic volcano from 2010? oh my - people. can you name the icelandic i volcano from 2010? oh my goodness. is that actually it's name? hat volcano from 2010? oh my goodness. is that actually it's name?— is that actually it's name? not far from that- — is that actually it's name? not far from that. you _ is that actually it's name? not far from that. you are _ is that actually it's name? not far from that. you are amazing, - is that actually it's name? not far from that. you are amazing, that| from that. you are amazing, that in itself is amazing. _ from that. you are amazing, that in itself is amazing. just _ from that. you are amazing, that in itself is amazing. just one - from that. you are amazing, that in itself is amazing. just one more - itself is amazing. just one more thing before you go, talk to me a little bit more about volcanic explosions in terms of how long they last. obviously we have had this now for how many hours, briefly, are we expecting this to carry on for days? volcanic systems are themselves highly unpredictable even though we can monitor them, and potentially work out where they are going to be, but cannot necessarily say how long they will go for. the volcanic system, a bit like turning a tap on and off... so system, a bit like turning a tap on and off... ., ., system, a bit like turning a tap on and off... ., ., ,, system, a bit like turning a tap on and off- - -— and off... so good to talk to you. and and off. .. so good to talk to you. and thank— and off... so good to talk to you. and thank you — and off... so good to talk to you. and thank you for _ and off... so good to talk to you. and thank you forjoining - and off... so good to talk to you. and thank you forjoining us here j and off... so good to talk to you. i and thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. back in a few minutes' time with more context. don't go anywhere. hello there. it's been quite a poor day today across many southern parts of england with a lot
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of rain around. further north, well, we did see some sunshine eventually across the north of england and into parts of wales, and we've seen a mixture of sunshine and showers earlier in scotland. this was the shield of cloud that stretched across england and wales. you can see how it's been shifting south—eastwards and the rain is getting taken away at long last. following on from that, we've got clear spells through the night. showers continuing in the north, maybe a bit wintry over the hills in scotland and some further rain coming in from the atlantic to northern ireland and western scotland by the end of the night. a bit chilly ahead of that in the north—east of scotland. typical temperatures elsewhere around 6—7 degrees. now, there may not be a lot of sunshine around for tomorrow. we've got this rain coming in from the north—west. now, most of it will continue to affect the hills in the west, where it's going to be very misty and murky with some hill fog. there is going to be a lot of cloud, but it's going to be a lot drier than today in the south and the south—east. and it's a milder day on the whole, temperatures typically 10—11 degrees, but it will turn windy through the day. however, the winds will strengthen further on wednesday night and into thursday,
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and it's during this period that we've got a greater risk of some travel disruption. and it's getting windier because this deep low pressure here, possibly a named storm, will sweep across the north of scotland, heading to scandinavia with the really strong winds wrapped around that. and it will be a windy day everywhere on thursday. widely gusts of 50—60 mph, but it's across northern parts of scotland that we're more likely to get gusts of 80 mph. very windy day in scotland, sunshine and wintry showers to come here. sunshine and showers across other areas, but further south, may well hang on to more cloud and a bit of patchy rain as well. here in those strong winds, temperatures will reach 12—13, but the day gets colder, i think, with those wintry showers and strong winds in scotland. and as the low pressure moves away, we get this push of strong winds south through the north sea, bringing some big waves, some rough seas, bit of a storm surge going on and the risk of some coastal flooding. things could be a lot worse, though, if we had some spring tides. now, the winds do gradually ease down a bit on friday. for most of us, we're in some
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colder air, more wintry showers in scotland, milder air trying to come into the west.
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