the israelis say they've discovered large hezbollah tunnels, heavily equipped tunnels, in the south of lebanon, and of course dozens of rockets are still being fired into israel by hezbollah from lebanon. joining me tonight are justin crump, a defence, intelligence and security expert with 20 years�* service with the british military and anders slund, a swedish economist, who's also a chairman of the international advisory council at the center for social and economic research. first, the latest headlines. a jury at the old bailey has heard a recording of a phone call to police made by the father of a ten—year—old girl who was found dead in surrey, where he confessed to killing his daughter.

urfan sharif — and two other adults — deny murdering sara sharif last year. a public inquiry has begun into the poisoning with novichok of a british woman in salisbury in 2018. the death of dawn sturgess was blamed on two russian agents who used the nerve agent to try to murder former spy sergei skripal and his daughter. dawn sturgess was inadvertently exposed to the novichok when it was found in a discarded perfume bottle. india and canada have expelled each other�*s top envoys along with other diplomats. it comes afterjustin trudeau's government named india's ambassador and other diplomats as persons of interest in an investigation into the murder last year of a sikh separatist on canadian soil. five civil lawsuits have been filed against the american rapper sean "diddy" combs involving allegations of sexual assault and rape from 1995 to 2001. the plaintiffs are three men and two women, all of whom are anonymous. the lawsuits were filed in new york where the rapper has been charged with racketeering and sex trafficking in a criminal case.

combs — who denies the charges — remains in pre—trial detention. if you arejustjoining us, welcome to the programme. the war in lebanon and the threat of a region—wide escalation drawing in iran has pushed gaza down the news agenda in recent weeks. but in northern gaza, there is a siege developing which is having a "disastrous impact" on 400,000 people still trapped in that part of the strip, and the un's efforts to supply them with food and humanitarian support. palestinian medics say at least 60 people have been killed by israeli air strikes in the last 2a hours. on sunday, there was a deadly attack on an area around the al aqsa hospital where civilians were sheltering. the hamas—run authorities say an israeli strike on a school used as a shelter killed 22 people, including 15 children. 0thers died at a food distribution centre

in the jabalia refugee camp. israel says this ground offensive is necessary to prevent hamas from regrouping. and right now, the entirety of the north is under an evacuation order. the un human rights office says "the israeli military appears to be cutting off north gaza completely from the rest of the gaza strip and conducting hostilities with absolute disregard for the lives and security of palestinian civilians." the north has had no food deliveries since the 1st october. the un said on saturday, it had distributed the last of its supplies. ajith sunghay is the head of the un human rights 0ffice in the occupied palestinian territories. he told us why the un had issued its statement at this time. there is a population of about 400,000 people who are stuck there, surrounded, besieged by there, surrounded, besieged by the israeli defence force, with no access to proper food, water, or life—saving necessities. the israel defense

forces has asked people to evacuate from the north and move down to the middle of the south of gaza. now, people don't want to move, firstly because there is no safe place in gaza, even if they move down to the middle of gaza or the south of gaza there is no guarantee of safety, and we have seen this, people in middle and southern gaza have also been struck and killed. secondly, there is a majorfear that if they leave the north they will never be able to return. peter lerner is a spokesperson for the israel defense forces. he told the bbc that there were still routes to evacuate northern gaza and he claims the world food programme got trucks into northern gaza earlier today. the idf operation, he says, is critical to keeping israelis safe. what hamas was planning on the 7th of october, - just last week, - on the anniversary of the massacre of last year, - was to conduct another launch to launch another attack - against israel from northern gaza, specifically from

the areas ofjabalia. i so we are currently- in the effort of dismantling and preventing them from regrouping. - and it is happening in northern gaza, l so that's where - we have to operate. and i would say we will- continue to operate anywhere we need to in order. to protect israeli lives. justin, hamas is an idea, and the kind of nihilism the represent is not easily defeated, we have seen that before. . , ., , before. that is always the problem _ before. that is always the problem of _ before. that is always the problem of the _ before. that is always the problem of the sort - before. that is always the problem of the sort of - before. that is always the - problem of the sort of conflict and the parallels drawn by the americans and the israelis in the aftermath of october the 7th work, to an extent, don't make the same mistake we made after 9/11. and looking at the war on terror, as it was at the time, and fundamentally, attacking an idea is very hard

to defeat with military power alone. so the idea persists, you cannot imagine the population of gaza, whilst i'm sure many curse the day that hamas drag them into that situation, would view the israelis and some better light now looking at these scenes in what has been going on, and the spirit of resistance will be crushed by purely military power. you need to have a political solution, power. you need to have a politicalsolution, i power. you need to have a political solution, i think, power. you need to have a politicalsolution, ithink, is anything like this, and certainly you cannot eradicate anything like this purely with military means. the anything like this purely with military means.— anything like this purely with military means. the thing is, anders, there _ military means. the thing is, anders, there are _ military means. the thing is, anders, there are no - military means. the thing is, l anders, there are no effective restraint on benjamin netanyahu at the moment. israeli opinion is behind him in lebanon, he has ignored all demands for a ceasefire in gaza with impunity, it would seem the best thing to do right now is work of humanitarian crisis. £31 work of humanitarian crisis. of course, the us policy on israel is deeply— course, the us policy on israel is deeply conflicted, and it causes _ is deeply conflicted, and it causes a _ is deeply conflicted, and it causes a lot of trouble for the

credibility of the us that it does — credibility of the us that it does everything for israel regardless of what israel does. it is very— regardless of what israel does. it is very reluctant to do similar— it is very reluctant to do similar things for ukraine. which _ similar things for ukraine. which is _ similar things for ukraine. which is behaving much better, much _ which is behaving much better, much more in line with us desires _ much more in line with us desires. so the us has really put itself— desires. so the us has really put itself in a position it should _ put itself in a position it should not be.— put itself in a position it should not be. kamala harris tweeted her— should not be. kamala harris tweeted her concerns - should not be. kamala harris tweeted her concerns last - tweeted her concerns last night, just in. she is under immense political pressure on the progressive side of the party, and of course needs the votes of the arab americans in michigan in three weeks' time. peter lerner did say trucks have coming today, but according to un estimates, there are still thousands of families in there, so one convoy going on since the 1st of october is not going to do it. ., , ., ., --

it. no, it is not enough. -- one convoy _ it. no, it is not enough. -- one convoy going - it. no, it is not enough. -- one convoy going in. - it. no, it is not enough. -- one convoy going in. it - it. no, it is not enough. -- one convoy going in. it is l it. no, it is not enough. -- one convoy going in. it is a j one convoy going in. it is a nightmare _ one convoy going in. it is a nightmare for— one convoy going in. it is a nightmare for any - one convoy going in. it is a nightmare for any army - nightmare for any army operating in an environment like this where you have to put the civilian population first. if you look at the battle for mosul, at what point to the hospital ceased to become a hospital? it was purely occupied by people fighting for the hospital, it is no longer a hospital at that point. i think in this case, it is also in clear the area, if you remain in this area we will view you as hamas, that is easy to say but very hard to displace 500,000 people in these conditions. it very much makes israel look negligent at the welfare of people in gaza, this was always the achilles' heel and the challenge for this operation, which i discussed nearly a year ago, you can square the circle of conducting military operations in this environment, whilst looking

after the civilian population, and the eyes of the world on you. again, this makes it increasingly hard for kamala harris in particular in these last few weeks of the us campaign. this last few weeks of the us campaign-— last few weeks of the us camaiun. a campaign. as you said back then, it was _ campaign. as you said back then, it was all _ campaign. as you said back then, it was all to - campaign. as you said back then, it was all to be - then, it was all to be difficult, and this is the fourth time they have gone back to try to tackle what they see as a renewed threat from hamas. anders, justin talks about the perception that they are negligent of human life. some critics of israel will go further than that, because the concern is that, on the extreme right initial, there are those who want the government to clear this area and move israeli settles into northern gaza. and the suspicion that this will undermine peter lerner�*s argument he has just put forward there is that hamas is not there in such numbers, as people will see it, it is the fact that they just want to clear the area and take it for themselves.— clear the area and take it for themselves. indeed. there are

israeli settlers _ themselves. indeed. there are israeli settlers who _ themselves. indeed. there are israeli settlers who are - themselves. indeed. there are israeli settlers who are not - themselves. indeed. there are israeli settlers who are not of. israeli settlers who are not of government in israel today that want _ government in israel today that want to— government in israel today that want to return to gaza and re—establish settlements that they had before there. coming back— they had before there. coming back to — they had before there. coming back to kamala harris, she is really— back to kamala harris, she is really in _ back to kamala harris, she is really in a _ back to kamala harris, she is really in a hopeless bind now, in this— really in a hopeless bind now, in this situation, she cannot io in this situation, she cannot go strongly against president biden, — go strongly against president biden, who is strongly in favour— biden, who is strongly in favour of israel, and a lot of people _ favour of israel, and a lot of peorrie in— favour of israel, and a lot of people in the us, not only arab americans_ people in the us, not only arab americans but the african—american population, think— african—american population, think this _ african—american population, think this is simply unacceptable that the us is

supporting israeli methods against the palestinian population. the consequence of this is— population. the consequence of this is that kamala harris is sort — this is that kamala harris is sort of— this is that kamala harris is sort of disappearing in the discussion in the us, in the middle _ discussion in the us, in the middle of— discussion in the us, in the middle of her campaign, and she makes— middle of her campaign, and she makes some remarks come as you pointed _ makes some remarks come as you pointed out, — makes some remarks come as you pointed out, but this does not come — pointed out, but this does not come through in the us media. now, _ come through in the us media. now. and — come through in the us media. now, and as we will discuss later in the programme, it could come down to a handful of votes in some of these states, those arab americans could be crucial in michigan. we will get to that later in the programme. let's take a short break. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

welcome back. the british government has been hosting a major investment summit today here in london. and it seems to have gone well. the chancellor rachel reeves announced £60 billion of new investment, which will lead to 40,000

newjobs, a sign of confidence she says in the uk economy. we will get a view on it a moment. here is the prime minister at the beginning of the conference telling his audience that now "is a great moment" to back britain. it is time to upgrade the ricky leuteie — it is time to upgrade the ricky leutele resume, make it fit for the modern age, harness every opportunity available to britain. we will march through the institutions and make sure every— the institutions and make sure every regulator in this country, especially at economic and competition regulators, take — and competition regulators, take growth as seriously as this— take growth as seriously as this room does. during the day, the government set out its plans for a new industrial strategy supported by a national wealth fund investing in green technologies. the buzzword was stability. underpinned by the thumping majority labour won at the last election. in fact, at one point the prime minister said he didn't want to brag, but the era of rotating conservative prime ministers,

and chancellors was over. that stability, he said, would provide growth, and growth creates stability. he was particularly keen to bear down on regulation and planning. we have heard quite a bit about the bonfire of red tape. but some say that is a bit rich a week after unveiling a new workers' charter that puts more regulation on employers. a country that wants to grow needs to build, needs to invest, needs to do research and development, and these avenues have been stymied for quite some time. but to do that when your party faithful is expecting to see moves on workers' rights, you know, cutting zero—hour contracts and all these other things, it is very tough to do. he talked today about cutting

down on state regulators, but many would want the regulators to have a strong hand, and you hear it when he talks about skilled workers as well. the former chief of google said today that they would attract incredibly smart people from europe. we withdrew from europe, that is not that easy. so how attractive do you think we are as a country right now? you put it very well, they are speaking out of both sides of their mouth on different messages. some of the recent things unveiled, it appears to be a progrowth budget but also they need to make sure the largest shoulders barely broadest burden, that does not fill people with confidence at the same time. so i think there are a lot of question marks, a lot less stability than the government might like to believe, a thumping majority but nobody is under the impression outside the uk that that means sir keir starmer is popular, because they can all

see the split, in the right in particular, that led to that outcome. and i might be a sense of false confidence as a result of false confidence as a result of this, and we have seen that in the whole discussion around the first 100 days. but certainly one thing i would point to is that the engine of a lot of growth in the economy, particularly innovation, is of course small businesses, and around 60% of the workforces in snes makes up over half of our revenues. in small employers and particular will be very affected by some of the changes in the budget that will attack the owners as well as the businesses themselves, and while these big investments are great for large companies potentially, and again we have all seen big investments announced that are not necessarily lead to everything we would wish down the line, i think there's not a lot here for small companies, a real engine of future growth, and i think that is where being progrowth is probably not really what people are feeling on the street, and certainly every small business owner i

speak to is very concerned about what is going to come in the budget, and we are seeing that already and cutting back in business investment and particularly investment in jobs amongst those sorts of employers. amongst those sorts of employers— amongst those sorts of employers. amongst those sorts of emlo ers. , ., ., employers. they would point, no doubt, to employers. they would point, no doubt. to the _ employers. they would point, no doubt, to the regulation - employers. they would point, no doubt, to the regulation put - employers. they would point, no doubt, to the regulation put in i doubt, to the regulation put in place just last week in the work is' rights charter. it will not come in for a couple of years, but obviously it puts in mind for businesses how many they employ what sort of investments they take, and in terms of capital gains which might go up in the budget. anders, the foreign secretary was not there today because he was not there today because he was in europe meeting other european foreign ministers, and there is still talk of a reset with our biggest market. what do you make of the mood music you are hearing coming from brussels, where you are? well, i have brussels, where you are? well, i have had _ brussels, where you are? well, i have had various _ i have had various conversations here today, and the standard theme is the

report— the standard theme is the report about the european union needing — report about the european union needing to improve its growth, and one — needing to improve its growth, and one of the themes is that it must— and one of the themes is that it must be _ and one of the themes is that it must be easy to scale up, the — it must be easy to scale up, the new_ it must be easy to scale up, the new big companies are moving _ the new big companies are moving to the united states. 16 of the _ moving to the united states. 16 of the 20 — moving to the united states. 16 of the 20 most valuable companies in the world are now american — companies in the world are now american. the us is more dominant— american. the us is more dominant in the economy in many ways— dominant in the economy in many ways than— dominant in the economy in many ways than it — dominant in the economy in many ways than it has been before. if ways than it has been before. if you — ways than it has been before. if you look up which is the biggest _ if you look up which is the biggest company in britain today. _ biggest company in britain today, astrazeneca, and it comes— today, astrazeneca, and it comes around 60 fifth place in

the world — comes around 60 fifth place in the world in terms of market capitalisation. each of the three _ capitalisation. each of the three biggest us companies is bigger— three biggest us companies is bigger than the london stock exchange. also in regard to london _ exchange. also in regard to london or paris stock exchange. europe — london or paris stock exchange. europe is— london or paris stock exchange. europe is simply too small, and what _ europe is simply too small, and what happens is that european money— what happens is that european money goes to the us because there _ money goes to the us because there you _ money goes to the us because there you will get much more return— there you will get much more return for— there you will get much more return for your money. the companies are worth much more, and therefore people, both those — and therefore people, both those who set up companies and those _ those who set up companies and those who— those who set up companies and those who buy stocks, they go to the — those who buy stocks, they go to the us _ those who buy stocks, they go to the us because both sides -et to the us because both sides get much more of their money. reaiiy— get much more of their money. really interesting. it does put it into some perspective, doesn't it, the size of the companies that we are looking at? one of the issues that has

ever the first few months in office for the new labour government has been the tries of hypocrisy. but the billionaire phones4u founderjohn caudwell has said that he thinks sir keir starmer should be paid more, around £300,000. mr caudwell, who was a former major tory donor, backed labour at this year's general election. he told the press association that "prime ministers who represent britain on the world stage should receive a salary that matches the responsibility that comes with thejob. paying them £300,000 sounds about right to me." currently, sir keir is paid around £167,000 from his mp and prime minister's salaries. that's around $218,000. how does that compare with some of his peers? well, the swedish prime minister ulf kristersson gets around $223,000 sojust slightly more. germany's chancellor 0laf

scholz, almost $300,000. italy's prime minister giorgia melona gets less than $90,000. although i know their pension benefits at the end of it are quite substantial. justin, do you think the ceo of great britain get paid comparative to what ceos get paid? i britain get paid comparative to what ceos get paid?— what ceos get paid? i wish i had a billionaire _ what ceos get paid? i wish i had a billionaire suggesting | had a billionaire suggesting what i get paid. you don't get to be a billionaire without having a pretty kenai for money. but there's a point here, this is the top job money. but there's a point here, this is the topjob in the country, most people would say, and i think anyone with an ounce of sense looks at it and say, we need to pay thisjob pretty well, but of course we have a thing in the uk that if you're doing public service, the service is its own reward, and why would mps get paid what they get paid, for example, when people on the street say, thatis when people on the street say, that is a lot more than i get? of course, the more you pay of course, the more you pay pay... you could certainly

understand a lot more mps and ministers could be earning a lot more in the private sector, you can see why £100,000 worth box at arsenal would look tempting. iam being land box at arsenal would look tempting. i am being land acid on bbc panel shows and getting grief from people, i deserve something better. so actually these freebies and the respect i get for that, those might seem within the rules, i am ethical and following the rules and therefore i am entitled to these things. it is a hard job, we should pay a large amount of money for it. we should pay a large amount of money for it— money for it. there has been a hue money for it. there has been a huge debate — money for it. there has been a huge debate about _ money for it. there has been a huge debate about second - money for it. there has been a| huge debate about second jobs and trying to run a constituency office and staff in westminster, and the money just does not stretch far enough, anders. do you have this debate in europe about what your political leaders should be paid, and paid enough?— should be paid, and paid enou~h? , ., _ should be paid, and paid enou~h? . ., _ ., enough? obviously they are not bein: enough? obviously they are not being paid _ enough? obviously they are not being paid enough. _ enough? obviously they are not being paid enough. the - enough? obviously they are not being paid enough. the only - being paid enough. the only country— being paid enough. the only country in the world that i'm aware — country in the world that i'm aware of—

country in the world that i'm aware of that pays the ministers enough as singapore, it has— ministers enough as singapore, it has the — ministers enough as singapore, it has the rules that ministers shouid — it has the rules that ministers should be _ it has the rules that ministers should be paid as they would be in the _ should be paid as they would be in the private sector, and i think— in the private sector, and i think this _ in the private sector, and i think this is the right principle. being right now in brussels, we hear a lot of complaints about how much members of the european parliament are making, and also the european commissioners. by and large. — the european commissioners. by and large, we are making more money— and large, we are making more money than ministers —— they are _ money than ministers —— they are but — money than ministers —— they are. but since i live in washington, it is ridiculous how— washington, it is ridiculous how little the us president earns. _ how little the us president earns. a _ how little the us president earns, a bit more than $400,000. immediately afterwards, the presidents make millions—

afterwards, the presidents make millions of dollars, and you also — millions of dollars, and you also see _ millions of dollars, and you also see quite a few members of government that leave early because _ government that leave early because they want to make so much — because they want to make so much more money in the private sector~ _ much more money in the private sector~ it — much more money in the private sector~ it is _ much more money in the private sector. it is not uncommon that people — sector. it is not uncommon that people make many times more in the private — people make many times more in the private sector immediately afterwards. and this is of course _ afterwards. and this is of course potential ground for corruption. course potential ground for corruption-_ corruption. justin will know that the same _ corruption. justin will know that the same thing - corruption. justin will know that the same thing is - corruption. justin will know that the same thing is true | corruption. justin will know l that the same thing is true in the army, people even small salaries for the private sector where the money is much more generous, but you lutely best talent when that happens, so the adamant is let's them more. let's see if we can quickly squeeze in what is happening around taiwan. the pentagon has strongly criticised china's military exercises around taiwan. in a statement, pentagon spokesperson major general patrick ryder says "this military pressure operation is irresponsible, disproportionate, and destabilizing." this map — from chinese state media — shows the scale of the operations, involving the army, navy and air forces. beijing said the drills, thought to be the biggest yet,

were a warning to officials in taiwan. in particular, it seemed to come in response to a speech given by the taiwanese president — lai ching—te — who said his government should never accept chinese control. justin, is this typical of is this on a whole new level? the scale and _ this on a whole new level? the scale and tempo _ this on a whole new level? the scale and tempo of— this on a whole new level? tie: scale and tempo of chinese drills is increasing, the extent to which they are closing in on the island is increasing, the operational scope they are shown in the pacific is increasing, and on this occasion, the weather conditions... demonstrate that they are all—weather capable, which is significant. so a number of things are notable about this, but it comes against this tempo of china increasing its pace of operations against taiwan to keep this pressure on the island to keep putting this: around the island, keep

demonstrating intent, and also just trying to wear out the defenders of taiwan mentally and obviously when a chinese aircraft approach, the taiwanese have to respond to that, you keep doing that it increases the wear and tear on pilots in the time air force. and eventually taiwan might become complacent about its defence, and you get a bit of that impression talking to people who have just had enough of this, this keeps happening, on the streets in taipei, and they are just on the streets in taipei, and they arejust numb on the streets in taipei, and they are just numb to it at this point, and that might well be part of china's strategy. anders, some say this is why the argument around debate is so important, because china watchers how the west react to this situation. they believe that eventually we will tire of the war in ukraine, and that will send a message to beijing that maybe they could take on taiwan. there would be a row initially, but over time it might dissipate. indeed, it is very much — might dissipate. indeed, it is

very much my _ might dissipate. indeed, it is very much my view _ might dissipate. indeed, it is very much my view that - might dissipate. indeed, it is very much my view that in i might dissipate. indeed, it is i very much my view that in order to safeguard taiwan, the west needs— to safeguard taiwan, the west needs to — to safeguard taiwan, the west needs to make sure to arm ukraine _ needs to make sure to arm ukraine a _ needs to make sure to arm ukraine a sufficiently, and provided with sufficiently large _ provided with sufficiently large funds —— provide it with sufficiently large funds so that — sufficiently large funds so that ukraine can defeat russia. and then — that ukraine can defeat russia. and then i don't think china would — and then i don't think china would move on taiwan. otherwise, clearly the risk seems _ otherwise, clearly the risk seems to be increasing all the time. — seems to be increasing all the time. as— seems to be increasing all the time, asjustinjust said. just time, as justin 'ust said. just ruickl , time, as justin just said. just quickly. justin. _ time, as justin just said. just quickly, justin, do _ time, as justin just said. just quickly, justin, do you - time, asjustinjust said. just quickly, justin, do you think the message that will be sent, if it is donald trump that is the next president, will perhaps sow the seeds of that in china? t perhaps sow the seeds of that in china? ~ . perhaps sow the seeds of that in china? ~ , ., �* in china? i think we 'ust don't know which h in china? i think we 'ust don't know which way _ in china? i think we just don't know which way trump - in china? i think we just don't - know which way trump presidency would go on ukraine, but i think it is entirely right that the path ukraine in the middle east to what happens around taiwan. but i would say that china does not want to fight for the island if it can achieve its aims by other ways.

it is a small pressure at the moment, and i think more to stranglehold on our support for the island has been the dominant theme here for the next few years. but if that cannot be empty, they have to be in terms of their ability to enforce it. be in terms of their ability to enforce it— enforce it. we will take a short break, _ enforce it. we will take a short break, and - enforce it. we will take a i short break, and afterwards we will talk about the us election and i will show you why it could be donald trump, november five. stay there, we will be right back. hello. we've had some big contrasts in the weather throughout monday. across much of scotland, northern ireland, northern england, it's been glorious with plenty of sunshine — a bit of snow here on the tops of the scottish mountains. further south, though, for wales, midlands, east anglia, southern england, we've had extensive cloud, some heavy rain around in the morning, but most of that cleared off. just an odd patch of drizzle left over into the afternoon. but cloud was certainly reluctant to break up.

and overnight, this zone of cloudier weather is going to be pushing back northwards across northern england into northern ireland. with that, there will be some hill fog patches and occasional spits of drizzle. as the cloud works in, well, it will become increasingly mild — temperatures about 9—11 degrees by the end of the night. in parts of scotland, though, cold enough for a nip of frost into the countryside. tomorrow, overall, it's quite a cloudy—looking weather picture and, 0k, there might be a few breaks in the clouds to allow some hazy spells of sunshine — probably the best of that across northernmost areas of scotland. temperatures are coming up with a strengthening south to south—easterly wind. we're looking at highs widely15—18 celsius, so it will turn quite mild. and that mild theme is with us for wednesday. the uk finds itself sandwiched between low pressure in the atlantic and an area of high pressure in the baltic area. strong south to south—easterly winds will be bringing very mild weather conditions our way, but these weather fronts ensure its not just going to be mild, it's also going to be very wet. now, heavy outbreaks of rain

in the forecast for many areas. it could be that parts of east anglia and south—east england stay away from the rain, maybe, and temperatures could still reach the low 20s. however, for most of the uk, more typically, temperatures are going to be into the upper teens. it will be wet and quite a windy kind of day. by thursday, that rain will have cleared out into the near continent, and there could be one or two mist and fog patches to start off the day, but a much better chance of seeing at least a bit of sunshine. a few showers popping up into the afternoon, particularly for scotland and northern ireland, maybe an odd one for western parts of england and wales as well. temperatures still on the mild side — 17 in aberdeen, in newcastle and cardiff, we're up to 18 and 19 for london and for norwich respectively. friday, a very windy kind of day, with gales developing across western areas, more heavy rain on the cards. and into the weekend, it stays wet and windy too, with the heaviest rain and strongest winds in the north—west.