here's ben rich. high, ben. good afternoon. september is racing by, the nights drawing in and in certain ways it is beginning to look like autumn. not feeling like it for many of us. still warmth in the forecast for the next few days, particularly across the southern half of the uk, where it stays mostly dry. further north, rain in the forecast. not raining all the time. it will be windy and briefly little cooler and certainly quite a great story early on for our weather watcher in shetland and quite windy. you can see all of this cloud piling on from the west. in most places it is just wispy high cloud turning the sunshine a little hazy. we will see plenty of that hazy. we will see plenty of that hazy sunshine across england, wales and eastern scotland this afternoon. northern ireland and west of scotland will see thicker cloud. odd spot of rain in the highlands and it will be windy in the far north as well. these are the steady wind speeds, the average wind speeds. gusts could touch 50 miles an hour in places but to the east

and guess who is on the weather, ben rich, three bens in a row. it's like full moons.umn, but the weather resembled late summer across parts of england and wales with spells of warm sunshine and scotland and northern ireland seeing a band of rensink south. a windy afternoon across the northern half of the uk. temperatures for most of us in the high teens or low 20s, peaking at 22 or 23 in the south. this evening and tonight, this band of cloud and patchy rain continues its journey south but rain gathering again in northern scotland with some strong wind, gusts touching 60 mph or more for a time in exposed spots. a mile started tomorrow morning. some early rain across a good part of scotland. wind easing through the day but we keep a lot of cloud and patchy rain here and some of the cloud in northern ireland, north—west england and a stripe of cloud in the south. temperatures are struggling in the far north. 11 degrees in lerwick, 23 in london. staying mainly dry over the weekend and warm for the time of year. this is bbc news. the headlines... the government faces call

nine for a time for a look at the weather with ben | for a look at the weather with ben rich.te a warm feel where we see spells of sunshine but west are in scotland and certainly northern ireland clouding ever with outbreaks are pretty heavy rain accompanied by gusty winds and that rain and those strong winds will track further east as we head to this evening. not really reaching eastern parts of england untiljust after dawn. england until just after dawn. temperatures england untiljust after dawn. temperatures between ten and 15. that rain will reach all remaining areas tomorrow a soggy start in the east. we see sunshine. showers racing in and some will be heavy and thundery with a much cooler fresher feel with highs of 18 . we stick with that feel for the week ahead and will see longer spells of rain at it will be windy, too, so feeling much more autumnal. you are watching bbc news. our headlines: the british government said it will issue 5000 temporary visas forforeign lorry said it will issue 5000 temporary visas for foreign lorry drivers to try to ease disruption of fuel

well that's now bring in ben rich, he's the co director of cousin university extremism research network and also a senior lecture and international relations. he joins us now from perth, in australia, dr. rich, we've been talking a lot about the global war on terror today. and i know many people feel like the war itself created more enemies. you. you specialize in the middle east. how true is that in that region? so i think the sad writ is that we really robbed, hated. hi paul for this one. well, al qaeda was itself sounded as an organization, although it is still around today. the reality is, is that 2911. we've seen a proliferation of radical islamists militant groups in many responses as a, as a direct result of the u. s. intervention. and the rage, of course, the most obvious and famous of this damian philosophy stuff there is pretty here that while the u. s. has largely been able to protect the homeland from any sort of a re paid of $911.00. the children are now caught out like the law states had inflicted minutes. horrors on the table in the middle way. just as a result of us citi

now, the weather with ben rich. hello there.s, but with the chance of some rain across the north—west of the uk. so as we head through the afternoon, then, most places england and wales will see some spells of sunshine, stained bit misty and magnificent coasts in the southwest, eastern scotland holding onto some brightness at least for a time, but for western scotland and northern ireland, we see thicker cloud and some outbreaks of rain, with a strengthening breeze. but temperatures are going to be a little higher than they were yesterday, 20 degrees for glasgow, 2a for cardiff and for london, somewhere in the south getting to 26 degrees potentially, with just the chance of the odd late shower, but most places remaining dry. not so further north — we have this band of rain, that will sink a little further southwards overnight, getting down into parts of northern england, turning very misty and murky for western coasts of wales, and the south—west of england, and some fog patches developing elsewhere, as well. a very mild and mug

now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello.ea of cloud on the satellite picture brought the ring today, more weather systems are waiting in the winds but you can see this clearer slot now working its way in, a little ridge of high pressure and it's that that will give us a somewhat drier day during tomorrow. but still some rain to clear away eastwards at the moment, that will tend to clear as we head through the night, some clear spells following behind, but with some showers pushing in from the west. and it'll be quite a chilly night, temperatures down into the single digits, one or two areas down to 4— 5 c. it will start wednesday morning, but for most of us, there'll be some some showers around becoming increasingly few and far in between through the day, showers popping up in a northwest england, the midlands, the odd one getting down to the southeast as well. but otherwise some good spells of sunshine, but it stays quite breezy and the temperatures in no great shakes, 13— 16 c. with the slice of clear skies, it'll temporar

now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good evening.w days. even where it has been quite chilly today across the northern isles, these outbreaks of rain moving in overnight will introduce some mild and more humid air by early friday morning. that humid air introducing lots of cloud across western scotland, north—west england, northern ireland, the odd spot of rain with that. some clear spells further south, allowing it to get a little chilly, but most of us starting tomorrow morning in double digits. for tomorrow, a westerly wind blowing across the uk, quite a strong wind across the northern half of the country, bringing a lot of cloud and some spots of rain, but for eastern scotland, and certainly for eastern and southern parts england, parts of wales as well, we should see some sunshine, the sunny spots could get to 23 or 2a degrees. looking ahead to the weekend, plenty more dry weather in the forecast, still quite warm, the increasing chance of showers on sunday, but next week looks more unsettled, and it will turn cooler as well. he

here's ben rich. high, ben. good afternoon.feeling like it for many of us. still warmth in the forecast for the next few days, particularly across the southern half of the uk, where it stays mostly dry. further north, rain in the forecast.

now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. 0h, oh, i'm sorry, it is darren bett. much warmer night than it was last night in scotland. 14—15 overnight tonight. more mist and fog, slowly burning off during the morning. still some pockets of light rain or drizzle left across southern scotland, northern england, may be some sunshine in the north—east of scotland but it is really across much of england and wales that we will see the sunshine developing. this temperature is continuing to rise. it will be a warmer day pretty much across the boards with temperatures could get higher than that during tuesday and wednesday and it is getting much, much warmer and it is getting much, much warmer and as we head towards thursday on with things will start to cool up again as we see the chance of some showers and some rain. yes, that was definitely darren bett. hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines:

time for a look at the weather — here's ben rich. but evening.in shetland, despite some sunshine, we were languishing at 10 degrees this afternoon because of this cold air that blew down from the north. however, that is not a sign of things to come because over the next few days, the orange colours win out, and they will be warm conditions for the time of year. with that, quite a lot of cloud and splashes of rain. some spots of drizzle, some misty and murky conditions for western scotland and northern ireland, perhaps the north west of england by the end of the night. some clear spells in the south and east allowing it to get a little bit chilly, but for most it is a mild start tomorrow, particularly where there's lots of cloud. some of that getting down into wales, always with the potential for the odd spot of rain. quite windy across the northern

now it is time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello. days where temperatures will be above where they should be for the time of year, a lot of dry weather around but rain moving into the west thanks to this stripe of cloud on the satellite picture. this is a frontal system bringing rain into northern ireland initially. that rain will then push its way eastwards and behind this front a cold front will change the air mass, we change the feel of the weather. we lose the orange colours, we get the yellow and then the blue shades. things will turn markedly cooler over the next few days. so that rain moving into northern ireland through the afternoon, heavy bursts with strong and gusty winds, some rain getting into parts of western scotland as well. eastern scotland is a largely dry, some spells of sunshine. temperatures in the high teens although 20 c up to around 22 or 23 in teens although 20 c up to around 22 or23 in places. teens although 20 c up to around 22 or 23 in places. through this evening and tonight that weather front, that band

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here�*s ben rich. a lot of umbrellas on the red carpet tonight. afair a fairfew. a fair few.eeling cool. this is what is going on at the moment. this is the radar picture over the last few hours. this band of heavy rain working east and stretching from south—east scotland into north—east england, the midlands, parts of the west country and that will push east as we go through the evening, clearing overnight to leave clearer skies behind but xiao was speeding through the west. it will stay quite breezy and it is going to be quite a chilly night with temperatures in the towns and cities getting into single digits and some spots in the countryside down to around 4 . so spots in the countryside down to around 4. so a cool start tomorrow morning, but a around 4. so a cool start tomorrow morning, buta bright around 4. so a cool start tomorrow morning, but a bright start for most of us, and yes, there will be some showers, especially through northern ireland, south—west scotland, northern england and one or two in the midlands, east anglia and the south—east but not too many showers

now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich good evening.ays, though, the emphasis shifts back towards wet weather, windy weather, albeit with some drier, brighter interludes. through this evening and tonight, we will see cloud and rain spreading back in from the west. but where we keep clear spells for a good part of the night across eastern areas, it will turn really quite chilly. some parts of scotland up towards the northeast could get all the way down to freezing. but it will be turning milder out west, it will be turning windier as well, and we will see some outbreaks of showery rain working quite erratically southeastwards through the day. some brighter spells here and there, the winds easing a little, but still, quite gusty into the afternoon, and top temperatures between 14—17 celsius. if anything, up a little on where they have been today. as we look further ahead, friday and into the weekend, it stays very unsettled, showers or longer spells of rain and potentially some very windy weather at times. or hello, this is bbc news. or t

now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. not a bad sort of day today.en overnight cloud and rain returning from the west with a strengthening wind. ahead of that where we held on to clear skies, quite a chilly night and eastern parts with parts of northeast scotland all the way down to freezing just as i did last night. into tomorrow, a windy start especially in western and northwestern areas. through the day, outbreaks of rain moving quite radically southwards and eastwards with dry spells in between in a few brighter spells especially across parts of northern scotland and maybe southeast england for a time. between 14—17 and perhaps just a little up on what they were to date with more spells of rain to the weekend at times and potentially very strong winds through the weekend and we will keep you posted. hello, this is bbc news with me, reeta chakrabarti. the headlines — the father of sarah everard says her murder has forever broken the family's hearts. the labour leader lays out his vision for the part future of the party at his first in person speec

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now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good afternoon.ture, you can see a lot of cloud piling in from the west, but much of this is just wispy, high cloud turning the sunshine quite hazy through the rest of the day. northern ireland and western scotland will see thicker cloud. the odd spot of rain in the western highlands. pretty windy in the far north as well. those are the steady wind speeds, the average wind speeds. the gusts could get to around 50 mph in exposed places in the far north. but temperatures in eastern scotland, up to 21 or 22 celsius. similar values for parts of wales, central and southern england. through this evening and tonight, we will keep this cloud filtering in across parts of scotland, northern ireland, some rain into the far north—west, stays windy here as well. but further south, where we keep clear skies, it will actually be quite a chilly night with lows of seven, eight or nine celsius, and just the odd mist patch to take us into tomorrow morning. for england and wales tomorrow, we can expect some sunny spells

now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello.scotland and northern ireland seeing this band of cloud and rain sinking southwards. quite a windy afternoon across the northern half of the uk, and temperatures for most of us in the high teens or low 20s, peaking at 22 a 23 degrees down towards the south. this evening and tonight, this band of cloud and patchy rain continues its journey southwards was not at the same time rain gathers again in northern scotland with some strong winds, gusts touching 60 mph or more times in exposed parts. a mild start to tomorrow morning, we will early rain across a good part of scotland, the windsor easing through through the day, we keep quite on cloud and patchy rain, also a stripe of cloud down towards the south. temperatures are really struggling in the far north, 11 degrees for lerwick, 23 in london, today is mainly dry through friday come into the weekend, and one for the time of year. sarah corker, bbc news. this is bbc news. the headlines... energy supplier green becomes the latest company to

rich, thank you very much. >> you're welcome. >> i want to go to ben, a republican elections lawyer with nearly four decades of that received these threats. so you hear richard baron talk about the death threats he received and i played a couple of them. there is countless more where that came from. he's talking about motorcycle gangs threatening to shoot them in their seats and showing up a at their homes. how does hearing stories like this affect your decision to get involved? >> well, very much. i co-chaired a presidential commission a few years ago with bob bower, who is president obama's attorney. we got to know election officials on the state and local level. they do a tremendous job in calling balls and strikes in our elections. you have to have people who call balls and strikes. so these attempts to intimidate those election officials combined with the nationwide push that has been successful in a hand full of states to criminalize the actions of election officials takes a huge cost out of the democracy, out of our systems of elections, credibility in elections. >> so obviously, it's not just richard b