we've also got some strong winds for eastern scotland, eastern coastal areas of england where we willght. more showers continuing overnight. more showers overnight clipping the far south—west. anywhere you catch the shower there is a risk of icy patches overnight. lowest bridges inland with a widespread frost. particularly cold in the countryside. another cold data, on thursday. away from northern scotland, the rest of scotland probably bright and sunny. rain showers across northern ireland probably. cool this area is down these eastern coastal areas where there is a mixture of rain, hail, sleet and snow. a sunny start for many and then back into some showers running into pembrokeshire and towards cornwall. those showers in the west will continue all day and those strong winds will continue to blow some showers down eastern coastal areas of scotland and england. some of those showers wintry. a large parts of the uk tomorrow will be dry. quite funny as well but a cold day. those temperatures no better than three or 4 degrees for many. towards the end of the week and the first day of de

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areas clear with dry conditions for eastern england through the day, all temperatures dropping intoingle figures, some across scotland could get close to freezing so crisp fresh start to sunday morning, quite the breeze blowing especially in the south—west, showers of scotland and northern ireland gradually easing, showers will be fewer in number, some afternoon showers in the far east of england but full many a lovely but cold autumn day. hello. this is bbc news with me, shaun ley. the headlines. the conservative mp for dover, charlie elphicke, has been suspended by the party after it said "serious allegations" had been passed to the police. he denies any wrongdoing. political parties are considering how to strengthen codes of conduct for mps, as the westminster harassment scandal deepens. one conservative backbencher has likened the current atmosphere to a "witch hunt". police in new york say they have a viable case against the hollywood producer, harvey weinstein. an actress has accused him of raping her seven years ago. the white house has downplayed a major report on climate ch

the focus today will not be on brexit but the eastern partnership summit.he side event. i don't know how much progress there will be because all of the eyes are on the eastern partnership summit. tell us more about that. you have the likes of belarus and ukraine, will deliver, azerbaijan, they are all there for talks. —— moldova. it is all about closer ties with the eu. they want a comprehensive and enhanced relationship agreement signed at the summit. it is an in—depth agreement. it isa summit. it is an in—depth agreement. it is a novelty. 0ther summit. it is an in—depth agreement. it is a novelty. other than that, no big political announcement should be expected. 0nly more practical items on the agenda that will hopefully benefit the citizens of six eastern partnership countries. as far as belarus is concerned, their president was invited for the first time to come to the summit. this is the fifth summit. however, he refused to come. so, we are expecting most probably to have leaders of five eastern partnership countries. is this about eventually welcomin

nd of wednesday morning across eastern scotland and eastern england. will see showers through the day. some turning increasingly into sleet and snow even not just turning increasingly into sleet and snow even notjust on the hills into the afternoon. further west, west of wales and south—west england most likely to see showers. many other parts will be dry as you can see. and again temperatures drop and the wind starting to have even more of an impact. it will be an east— west split on thursday. eastern counties of england to the south—east and east anglia by this stage might have the odd flurry of snow mixed in with rain. but it will be bitterly cold along the eastern areas. the wind will make it feel more like sub zero. so, yes, it will be a cold rump of weather but for some of you a good deal of sunshine over the next couple of days. showers on the western fringes, the east of scotla nd western fringes, the east of scotland and parts of eastern england too. i think everybody is lucky to watch at this time of the morning because the lights look specta

eastern germany's dwindling population we begin in the south pacific on the fiji islands rising sea levels are threatening low lying areas and coastal erosion is widespread it's especially hard for the village of the saudi. women recall goes out fishing this has become a familiar sight. that empty nets. you are used to. when i was small i usually went out to sea with my grandfather and father but we didn't have to come as far as we are now we would only go as far as the closest reefs get a good catch and then go back home now it's different we have to go from one reef to the next because there's nothing that the sea is getting warmer well we did. to me. the changing climate is also taking its toll on me savvy savvy and ricotta village. the sea level is rising and. is slowly being swallowed by the ocean. the salt water makes the soil and fertile leaving behind only sandy barren land. but also corrode the foundations of the houses. eventually the villagers have no choice but to give them up. when we built our homes we thought we could live here forever and i never thought of such a thing as

parts of england, eastern scotla nd eastern parts of england, eastern scotland and a few showers still the south—west of england. perhaps the odd shower around cornwall. we will continue to see showers around pembrokeshire, a few showers brushing the eastern coast, but for most of us with clear skies it will bea most of us with clear skies it will be a cold night. colder than last night. temperatures below freezing. thursday will be the coldest day of this week. further wintry showers down this eastern side of england with a strong wind and showers across west wales and swention, but lots of sunshine in between. add on the wind—chill, these are the temperatures it will feel like, minus one to minus four celsius tomorrow afternoon. now, as we go through thursday night and into friday, there will be a subtle change. notice the wind direction comes back round to a north—westerly. we are cutting off the arctic air. so it will become less cold as we go through friday and certainly into the weekend. more cloud around. the temperatures up to really where they should be for the time of year. m

the kremlin was determined to maintain its hold on the entire eastern bloc. the rulers in the kremlin loved to flaunt the power of socialism in martial rituals with massive parades on red square in moscow as well as in berlin prague and budapest. the soviet army was the world's largest army with over five million soldiers nobody asked what this cost ultimately it became clear. that it cost too much the soviet empire was living beyond its means. in one thousand nine hundred seventy nine the soviet army marched into afghanistan . this marked the beginning of a proxy war for control of the hindu called. the kremlin's plan was to help afghanistan on the path to socialism and expand its empire at the same time. but the mujahideen were moscow's real enemy the americans were supporting the afghan rebels with money and arms. well not a whole good sign your blood. the war in afghanistan was a strategic mistake by brezhnev and the soviet communist party as a whole. the army couldn't win. by the most. to be victorious you would have needed a clear task in other words yo

slowly starting to ease off, many eastern areas turning drier and brighter. to ease off, many eastern eastern areas turning drier and brighter. in the west, sunshine and showers and feeling cold. scotland, northern ireland showers could be heavy with pale and thunder and sleet and snow over higher ground. the chill is what you will feel, if you are out this evening, for some of the fireworks displays, you will need something warm and waterproof across northern and western scotland and we will see some of the showers spreading into north—west england and western parts. it and miss, eastern scotland, eastern parts of england, where we have had lots of rain, prospects looking much better, very small chance of showers, most places dry and clear. crisp and clear between the showers across parts of south west england and wales. we will continue showers into the night across many northern and western parts, still the odd heavy one. breeze picking up, east of scotland, east of england, clear and cold conditions. all of the temperatures down into single figures, but there will be frost in part

in eastern parts of britain as well. 8— 10 degrees.gle. feeling cold. the evening. bonfire night. looking dry for most. a blue hue. it will be cold. wrap up. a few showers around in the coastal parts of wales. some limited in eastern coastal areas. for most, fine and dry. cold. a few showers for the channel islands. perfect bonfire night for most. that is the night and early hours of monday. temperatures plummeting in northern central, and eastern areas. widespread frost. —6 in some places. starting monday with things like this. certainly some frost. this is the reach of high pressure. still bringing fine weather for the south—east on monday copy this weather system swinging in bringing cloud and rain and strengthening winds. east against west. central and eastern areas, dry and sunny and cold. sunshine holding on in the south—east. cloud building from the west and outbreaks of rain in the west. some persistent rain for western scotland. starting to turn more mild here. temperatures into the low teens. cold for the east. on tuesday, th

eastern on c-span. also tomorrow, the senate budget committee views is tax reform on c-span3, on wednesday, the senate health paper -- considers the housen wednesday, the takes of a bill requiring members of congress to take anti-harassment and antidiscrimination training, live coverage of congress this week on the c-span network online at c-span.org or with the free c-span radio app. >> mick mulvaney addressed the press enter questions during his first day on the job, he is remaining as white house budget director. about linda english. this is 20 minutes. thank you all very much for doing this, welcome to see spv. my role as acting director was extraordinarily smooth. we met with the senior leadership team, the toxics are seven folks here met again in the afternoon with a broader group health's or four dozen folks, how this intimate you told them an annual take a couple questions, this is an ordinary course of business in washington dc. is what are witnessing happens everything couple of years, it is a

eventually clearing from southern and eastern parts of england on monday. north—westerly winds with some sunny spells and showers. hello — this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. a new era for zimbabwe — in the next few hours, a new leader will be sworn in. tens of thousands of people are expected to witness the official end of 37 years of rule by robert mugabe. good morning. it's friday 2a november. also this morning, it's black friday, when we're expected to spend more than a billion pounds online. ben has more. todayis today is black friday, like it or loathe it. does

this, um, the northbound ramp from i-295 to eastern avenue. know if you can see it from my phone here but there's car there the man with the bright yellow jacket is an where we believe this person was shot this morning and has now been taken to the hospital. they do have road closed over there and police as well bloblocking off dc police blockg off the ramp, the northbound ramp to 295 here at eastern avenue while they investigate this shooting. the circumstances of which we just don't know. but it is causing a bit of a traffic situation this morning. we believe the person who was shot is still alive. who shot him, someone in the car someone from another car or out on the street? we just don't know. but that's the situation we're just get to go here. as soon as we get more details, we'll pass them along to you. >>> bob, we appreciate i we look forward to additional details on that one. thank you. >>> if you recently spent some money at forever 21 arc warning about credit card hack. hold me, steve. >> hold me. >> i know. jordin spark keeping two

in that role in the eastern district of virginia.has also been overseeing the continuous and ongoing investigation into wikileaks and the role in the russian operation targeting our election last year. i mean there is a case to be made that if anybody outside of special counsel robert mueller's office knows what's going on from the very beginnings of the trump russiavision it's probably dana bentay. given his role in the eastern district of virginia. acting deputy ag, national security division. so it was really something when last month on the same day we learned about the first criminal indictments from robert mueller, last month dana boente we learned would be quitting. he announced resignation as u.s. attorney. the initial reports proved misleading but nbc soon reported that he wasn't voluntarily stepping aside. he wasn't jumping. he was pushed. the trump administration demanded his resignation. for some reason and as a surprise, dana boente did not see it coming days before the trump administration told him to resign. boente was

eastern. live coverage on c-span3. a house the base its bill thursday, live coverage on c-span. -- details about both bills and listen to live coverage using the free c-span radio app. good morning, this is american history tv on c-span3. we are live on this veterans day from the vietnam veterans memorial in washington dc. all weekend, we are looking back 50 years to the vietnam war, with live coverage, archival films, and first-person accounts from vietnam war veterans and antiwar protesters. coming up at 1 p.m. eastern here at the vietnam veterans memorial, you can watch a ceremony with chuck hagel. also speaking will be myelin, the designer of the wall which is inscribed with the names of men and women who died during the war or remain missing. at 11:30 a.m. eastern, join us for a live program with historians mark atwood lawrence from the university of texas at austin, and -- of columbia university. they will take your calls and tweets about the state of the work in 1967. next, president lyndon b. johnson explains a

the town of keats lies in eastern germany's region and is in a state of decline the streets are lined with abandoned houses their former inhabitants have either passed away or moved to big cities there are hardly any newcomers nearly no stores no schools despite the financial incentives being offered businesses have avoided this place modern companies need a broadband network but that will be in stone for another three years the mayor of the neighboring village of godso also complains about immigration to the big cities but function says he still has hope as some families want to stay. long children are the foundation of any village i think the village should think of its children when formulating policy and give them a future having a kindergarten. a school can sustain a village. of eighty children now attend the local kindergarten the school next door was supposed to close due to a lack of students but two years ago some refugee families moved to god so now the school is back in business the village has just a small bakery it's the only place that sells food and it's only open for a

for northern and eastern scotland, eastern counties of england, possibly into east anglia, perhaps eventing into the home counties and the south—east as well. but we are only talking about flurries of snow. this is what it looks like around 6pm this evening, temperatures more or less what they we re temperatures more or less what they were yesterday, at least that's the forecast, around freezing. a couple of degrees above freezing across yorkshire, cold enough for some smoke. but notice we often mention the word wintry. wintry means a little bit of rain with sleet, sometimes snow, and it chops and changes from hour to hour. we're not talking about vast amount of —— vast amounts of pure snow, it's a wintry mix. a lot of clear whether in central and western areas of the uk but the main hazard overnight and into the morning will be the ice risk, from eastern scotland all the way down into the south—east and particularly east anglia. as the temperatures outside town dipped below freezing, so some of the snow that perhaps fell last night and this morning will melt during the day and re—freez

well look this summit is all about eastern europe so they talk about things like security and it's not only attended by. for example . in london. it's. hostile activity during the british referendum for example. so donald tusk referring there to that foreign policy speech that the reason may gave last week where she tore into moscow she accused the kremlin of attempting to undermine western democratic values through election interference and planting fake news stories but and this is a pretty important but especially for donald tusk she caressed by later on in the week that those sort of russian misdeeds that she referred to were specifically in relation to the u.k. take a listen. they like to look at the speech i gave on monday they will see that the examples i gave of russian interference were not in the united kingdom. well donald terse clearly didn't get that particular memo from london and this looks now like a case of sort of classic chinese whispers really where the facts really matter because it fits an overarching narrative and that is of russia as a threat to the whole of eur

eastern ghouta has known horrors before.government forces. hundreds died. now, locals claim, similar tactics are being used against them again. translation: three days ago the regime has targeted our brothers with chlorine gas in harasta. there are no deadly weapons that we haven't been targeted with. you who are listening to me, what more are you waiting for? our extermination? there is nothing we can do. a doctor at dummar hospital in eastern ghouta tells me he's seen signs that back up such claims. yes, actually we had several casualties in harasta where there was a chemical attack took place. we have signs of phosphorus material were used. we can't tell the material because we don't have the analysis but from the signs we can say that it is phosphoral gas. the evidence, he says, was plain to see with many patients suffering from severe breathing difficulties after air strikes. malnutrition is another killer in this long besieged area. few will forget this photo, taken last month. the baby died soon after. it's very wides

eastern on c-span. wednesday, the focus is on alex azor, present trump's pick to replace tom price as health and human services secretary. live coverage of two key hearings tuesday and wednesday on c-span and c-span three. online at cspan.org, or listen live with the free c-span radio app. >> a quick update on the white house briefing now scheduled for 3:00 p.m. eastern. we will bring you that live on c-span2. next, colorado's first latina house speaker and the president of planned parenthood join a panel of progressive activists to talk about the resistance to the trumpet ministration policy. this was one of the panels looking at the trump presidency at the annual texas tribunal festival at the university of texas in austin. it is about one hour. [applause] >> i am political correspondent for cbs

could be ice across eastern england as well. the showers at low levels falling as rain. but, over high ground, don't be surprised to see some sleet and some snow. and then further west, through the midlands into the west country, largely dry, with some early sunshine. a cold start, though, quite a widespread frost here. the odd shower into west cornwall and west wales. these will continue through the day. for much of wales, dry, bright, but recalled any frost to start off the morning. some showers into northern ireland, some of these could be wintry. just two degrees there. there is a chance of icy stretches through the morning as well. but, away from the showers, therell be a lot of crisp sunshine on wednesday for central south—western scotland and down towards the south coast. largely dry conditions, with some sunshine. a few showers in the west. these wintry showers continue in the north and the east, where it will be windy as well. 3—7 degrees on the thermometer, it will feel a little bit colder than that. and as soon as the

for eastern and southern parts of england, eastern side of wales, dry.t into the north—west of england and the north midlands. northern ireland, you are not forgotten but you have no sunshine to start the day with. it clouds over all the while through many of these western areas. still the show was rattled down on the north—westerly breeze. it will ease with time and maybe therefore not just as cold a feeling day, despite the fact that the skies and not being a quiet lead across the western areas. this is the reason, a set of weather fronts bring iran through northern ireland and widely across the rest of the british isles is to get on into the small hours of monday morning. a lot of isobars, gus a0 miles an hour inland, some of the western hills 30— a0 millimetres of rain. not a cold night really. the low pressure is bringing the milder stance to the week. but it is only the start because the bulk of the week, and my world, you will feel it, cold and also quite windy, especially in the east. in the circulation of the low pressure on monday, still the re

and midnight eastern on saturday. american history tv, only on c-span 3. >> according to the national archives, army engineer lieutenant colonel ken gerrish documented his experience in new guinea in 1943 and 1944. lieutenant colonel gerrish was responsible for maintaining p-38 and p-39 aircraft. in 1981, he donated the first fighters in new guinea to the national archives. >> in 1942, new guinea was divided into two territories. pap papua, new guinea was under british control, the island has mountains reaching to 16,000 feet. port morsby was the only military base in the country. the japanese control the entire island except morseby from their large beach at rabaul, new britain. night raids were also common. it took the allies 2 1/2 years to eliminate the japanese from the island. general mcarthur's leap frog tactics neutralized many of the enemy. our chaplain conducting easter services in northern australia, 1943. we are 600 miles south of ft. morseby, new guinea, or fourth fighting squadrons, had just returned from

eastern parts of north yorks, east yorkshire and eastern parts of yorkshire as well, so there will beo or three degrees across parts of scotland, it will fill sub zero in northern and eastern areas. sleet and snow flurries continuing. lots of sunshine around and a few showers for northern ireland into the afternoon. staying dry the northern england, but down these eastern counties, the showers on the coastal strip. i 3pm they will be further inland. a mixture of rain with some hailand inland. a mixture of rain with some hail and thunder on the coast. a little bit of sleet and snow inland. clouding over in south—east england. much of western england and wales should be fine but pembrokeshire down towards cornwall will have some showers by the end of the afternoon. they drift offshore by the end of the night and with the wind change by the evening, the risk of ice to ta ke by the evening, the risk of ice to take us into friday morning's russia. these are the temperatures to start your friday morning. most towns and cities around the freezing mark in the countryside. in rural scotla nd m

tomorrow, a few snow flurries may be around eastern areas but we are starting to see ever so slightlyair coming in off the atlantic as we head into the weekend. the winds change direction, that's the crucial thing. they are coming in from the north more or less now, then they are coming in from the atlantic, so we are losing but twos and threes, back to six or seven, maybe ten by sunday. with that, a lair of grey drizzle, so that, a lair of grey drizzle, so that will not feel warm, that's for

not just frost eastern scotland and eastern wales, a frost.morning commute will be cold and frosty, your journey morning commute will be cold and frosty, yourjourney home will be cold in parts of eastern england, especially east anglia and the south—east and a touch of frost here tonight but not as extensive as last night. further west, temperatures in double figures for the journey home but with it, some rain in south—west england, and the north—west of england, and the north—west of england and wales, the wind picking up england and wales, the wind picking up in irish sea coast, as in northern ireland and a good part of scotland. most will be dry with some spots of rain but the wettest of all through today and into the night will be across the highlands and islands, and that rain spreads across much of scotland and northern ireland with heavy bursts mixed in and strengthening winds touching gale force wind round western coasts and heels into tuesday morning. the further east you are, east anglia and the south—east, another chilly night but n

eastern on saturday and sunday at 2:00 p.m. americans history tv on c-span3, working with our cable affiliates as we explorer america. >> both chambers of commerce are out today and next week for the thanksgiving recess. before leaving down the house passed its tax reform plan. 227-205. $13 republicans join all democrats in voting against the bill. on the senate side the finance committee joined the finance committee version 14-12 and expect to see debate the week after thanksgiving. if it passes they will need to combine the house and senate bills aiming to get a measure to president trump's desk by christmas. follow the house live on c-span and senate on c-span2. >>> the house this week passed the republican tax reform plan by a vote of 227-205. the finance committee in the senate pass their version, 14-12. we're joined by "politico" tax and financial services reporter, colin wilhelm. how big of

clearer skies across eastern england and eastern scotland. a chilly night.ties. some rural parts below freezing. it will make for a chilly start tomorrow morning. many eastern areas are brighter. western areas seeing showers. they continued in many parts, including the midlands. later in the day down the eastern coast there could be a couple of showers. overall a lot of dry weather on sunday and fewer showers. it feels colder in the breeze. if you have your fireworks display tomorrow, only a couple of showers around, but it will turn cold quickly. developing quickly in scotla nd cold quickly. developing quickly in scotland and slowly easing from the west overnight. but it turns chilly across england and wales to take us into monday morning. in fact as we start the new week many across england and wales will wake up to a touch of lost around on the grass and other cars as well. a lovely start to monday. scotland and northern ireland, brightness giving way to wind and rain. overall, nothing unusual for this time of year. just a little bit chilly, especially by

wednesday, that rain should clear out of the way but it will stay cloudy across the midlands and easternr brightens up for north—west england and wales with some sunny spells here but no doubt about it, the best of the sunshine will be across scotland, particularly eastern areas. rain, though, threatening the western isles as we go on through the afternoon. wednesday evening and overnight, rain becoming a bit more extensive across western areas. always rather patchy in nature nevertheless, but nevertheless, some damp weather pushes its way in. this is the cold front reaching scotland and northern ireland, bringing further heavier rain towards the end of the night. turning wet here. looking at the weather charts through thursday, this cold front will be sliding its way southwards across england, bringing a spell of heavy rain. round about lunchtime across northern england, heading into the midlands and across wales too. to the south of this, a lot of cloud. behind the front, that's where we're going to see a big clearance. much more in the way sunshine moving into northern ireland, scotla

eastern in a confirmation vote planned for 5:30.tions continue with poor debate starting tomorrow. congressional democratic leaders canceled an afternoon meeting with president trump to talk about federal spending and tax reform. that, after president did that he doesn't see a deal with democrats. senator schumer and house minority nancy pelosi said they would negotiate directly with republican leaders. house speaker paul ryan then said this. we have important work to do there is a meeting at the white house this afternoon and it is democrats want to reach an agreement on these issues they will be there. also happening on capitol hill today the senate budget committee meets this afternoon to combine several tech support provisions that have been approved by other committees including one from the senate energy committee that would open the arctic national wildlife refuge to expand oil and gas in the budget committee will debate and vote to report out the merged build to the full senate live coverage at 2:30 over on c-span3. you can

europe they've also pledged fifty million pounds to fund reform and security in eastern europe as well and as you said this isn't the first time to reason may has broached the subject of russia or that she's been vocal about russia over the past couple of weeks she has become quite concerned and vocal in her condemnation of so-called russian meddling she used a very important foreign policy speech just a couple of weeks ago to issue a warning to vladimir putin telling him to stop undermining or attempting to undermine western democratic values through interfering in elections and planting fake news although she later clarified that she wasn't specifically referring to russia's activities in the u.k. take a listen ok let's go to look at the speech i gave on monday they will see that the examples i gave of russian interference were not in the united kingdom. but talk like this russian meddling has attracted a lot of color in the u.k. it's perhaps drawn the fire away from talk of domestic problems that theresa may has been experiencing talk of her government being highly fragile and weak

with clear skies eastern scotland and eastern england, temperatures dropped.he west, showers around in the day. they will ease off into the afternoon and through the afternoon a couple of showers towards the north sea coast. but most will be dry, with good sunny spells. that leads us into a cool evening. if there are any displays tomorrow, most of you will be dry, but it will be very chilly. a frost developing in scotland. 0vernight we will have a frost developing parts of central and eastern england as well. that's how it is looking. more details later. thank you! we'll be back with the headlines at 8am, but first it's time for newswatch with samira ahmed. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. has bbc news been too sympathetic to those wanting catalonia to be independent of spain? was newsnight right to label its special this week the problem with men? first, the week's news has again by dominated by accusations of sexual impropriety and inappropriate behaviour. we discussed on this programme a fortnight ago complaints that the allegations aga

one or two sheltered spots in the eastern side of scotland, despite some brightness, will be stuck ates or so. overnight, this is where we see really quite a dramatic change. we have that weather front making itself felt across scotland, northern ireland, but we are bringing more cloud and a real developing situation, here, with the rain becoming quite widespread across england and wales as we start the weekend. the weekend, of course, is one for fireworks and bonfires perhaps, but it's turning colder eventually and it will be a mixture of sunny spells and showers once — and it will take a time before we get rid of these weather fronts, which will bring in a fair amount, as i say, of cloud and rain widely to start off saturday across the greater part of england and wales. further north and west than that, it's a mixture of sunny spells and showers and a north—westerly and a chilly north—westerly at that. now, that will take a time before it works its way right down into that south—eastern quarter of the british isles and don't hold me to that exact timing of that rain getting away fro

she is more likely a cross eastern scotland and the north—eastern side of england with more wintry nest belt of scotland. widespread frost across the uk on thursday morning. those showers come back into northern ireland, west wales and the south—west. more wintry showers for scotland, and eastern england has another kolbe, temperatures this is bbc news. my name is shaun ley. the headlines at 11pm: theresa may says the uk must be "bold and confident" and form new relationships in the world after brexit — she's in the middle east for a three day trip — amidst speculation the size of the divorce bill is close to agreement. theresa may, the prime minister, is keen to stress the uk still has a high standing in the rest of the world. north korea fires an unidentified ballistic missile according to the south korean military — raising tensions again in the region. the united states says it flew higher than any other launch and poses a threat to the world. the pope avoids any mention of the rohingya on a visit to myanmar despite previously describing their treatment as religious persecution. the

s breaks the referendum citing one of mays' recent speeches he was speaking of the eastern partnership summit in brussels. was that the times this summit is all about eastern europe so they talk about things like security shared it challenges and it's not only attended by e.u. states pretty much everyone bordering russia was invited so countries like ukraine and georgia where there is well not many of them have many good things to say about russia certainly today the forum was heavily focused on the issue of russia and some of the strongest criticism came from the e.u. council president donald tercel take a listen one of the biggest problems with days a real. fake use for example. speech from london. about. hostile activities during the british referendum for example so i don't know if firing that foreign policy speech that reason may gave last week where she tore into moscow she cute the kremlin of attempting to undermine western democratic values through election interference and planting fake news stories but and this is a pretty important but especially for donald tusk she clarifie

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hit and miss and it eastern areas.but prospects look better with a very small chance of a shower and most very small chance of a shower and m ost pla ces very small chance of a shower and most places will be drying clear. crisp and clear between the showers across parts of southwest england amway is. the showers continue into the night across northern and western parts. the breeze picks up and the east of england has the clearest conditions through the night. we all have temperatures in single figures and there could be a frost in scotland and eastern england in particular. a chilly start to sunday but brighter for eastern england compared to today. sunshine at best. lots of showers in wales and west of england to begin with on sunday with a strong breeze. the showers become fewer in number but a few crop up towards the north sea coasts. a chilly wind and a lovely pleasant day out of the wind. when the wind is in your face and you lose the sunshine it will feel colder and that is what you will notice on sunday evening

eventually clearing from southern and eastern parts on monday.y winds with some sunny spells and showers. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is gavin grey. our top stories. hopes dashed as an underwater explosion is detected close to the last known location of an argentine submarine missing since last week. hundreds of thousands of rohingya was the refugees might be able to return home after a deal is signed by bangladesh and myanmar. zimbabwe prepares to the post— robert mugabe era. the new president to be sworn in on friday. and an exclusive look inside the saudi hotel where prominent figures continue to be held as part of a campaign against corruption. as