sumi somaskanda and katrina perry will bring you a special programme from washington, dc next tuesdaypm gmt. thanks for watching. hey, i'm ruby with the catch—up. tonight — fake drugs, a living wage boost, and an ancient city makes a comeback. but first, anti—anxiety medication bought online has been linked to hundreds of deaths in the uk. anyone can try and buy this medicine, but it turns out what some people are receiving are actually synthetic opioids. yeah, they're called nitazenes, and they can be even stronger than heroin or fentanyl. experts are warning that it's difficult to tell them apart from the real thing. they look the same — same packaging, the colour will be the same. people might buy them deliberately because they want to feel the effects, or they might be seeking them out because they developed a dependence. some other stories now. three million low—paid workers will get a pay rise next year, with the national living wage set to increase to £12.21 in tomorrow's budget. it makes finding a job that can pay the bills a lot easier. what it is at the moment, it's not enou

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i am katrina perry in new york... and i am sumi somaskanda in washington, dc.across england and wales, but certainly across the south—east corner, but lighter for scotland and northern ireland. temperature—wise, not bad, close to where we should be for the time of year — around the mid—teens in the north, mid to high teens across the south. as we head through wednesday night, we hold on to this breeze, with further showers across east anglia and the south—east. but all the while, that area of low pressure will continue to pull away and high pressure will start to build in. and the winds will be lighter further north and west, so it's here where we'll see temperatures dip close to freezing, certainly across scotland, and there will be some mist and fog patches developing. and you can see why — high pressure starting to centre itself across the uk, pushing the weather front and that area of low pressure out into the near continent. so, thursday, probably a widespread dry day. chilly start, early mist and fog, but a lot of sunshine around. we will see a bit of fai

katrina purdy, who joined me at the moment. let's speak to our north america correspondent caitriona perry who's at the white house. takinr will contain? the speech is taking place _ will contain? the speech is taking place and _ will contain? the speech is i taking place and pennsylvania, a swing state, but crucially allentown is a really important. in that city that has a majority publishing of people of puerto rico descent. given what we saw at that rally at madison square garden on sunday and 1535 00:13:40,762 --> 00:13:41,