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for them. there are still people that are continuing by the thousands to go into the water and to take that holy dip. water and to take that holy di -. ~ . dip. we will leave it there. thank you _ dip. we will leave it there. thank you for _ dip. we will leave it there. thank you for taking - dip. we will leave it there. thank you for taking us - dip. we will leave it there. - thank you for taking us through what has been happening over the past few hours. thank you. in the us, a judge has temporarily blocked parts of president donald trump's sweeping order to halt domestic federal funding, just before it was due to take effect. thejudge's order lasts until monday at 5pm local time. the anticipated freeze was set to affect billions of dollars intended forfederal programmes, including disaster relief and cancer research. according to a leaked government memo from the head of the white house budget office, government agencies are under instruction to "temporarily pause "all activities related to obligations or disbursement "of all federal financial assistance".

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thanks for hello there. the good news is, though, in fact, for the end of the week, high pressure wednesday we've got a lot of sunshine around, a few of the uk. will bring a windy, cloudy, wet day to the extreme south offshore, but it looks like the channel islands it will be a chilly day,

northern ireland. but with skies clearing overnight, cold air mass, northern and western areas likely to see these as we're and northeast of scotland. it will feel chilly, so it's likely most of it will be of rain,

begins to build across the south and the east. and chilly with light winds and some mist and fog developing at night.

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