here's ben rich. the weather at old trafford is not too bad. they got off not badly because look at what the rest of us have had, this to the east of london, the day started with some quite vicious thunderstorms in places and with that across parts of the south and east of a lead, huge amounts of rain. this is what happened through the small hours, these thunderstorms developed to the south, pushed northwards. we've seen around 5000 lightning strikes so far today and a lot of rain as you can see from the radar picture. in some places but not in all places. however, where it has been wet, take this figure, bury saint edmonds, above 70 millimetres of rain so far, that is more than that place would normally expect in the whole month of august, so it has been an exceptionally wet day so far but this rain is now starting to clear eastwards, taking a while to do so i have to say but generally improving through the midlands and eastern england this afternoon. sunny spells elsewhere although cloud bringing showers for northern ireland and western scotl

now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. her to the money, some parts of east anglia recorded a months worth of rain but thatis recorded a months worth of rain but that is now on the move, claiming it was, giving dry conditions throughout the day across parts of eastern england albeit with a fair amount of blood. further west, some spells of sunshine all over northern ireland and western parts of scotland, we will see more cloud and some showers. a much fresher feel than we have been used to lately. temperatures between 18—24. as we go through this evening and tonight, the rain finally clears away. some fog patches here and there but more cloud rolling in from the west with some showers for northern ireland, parts of south—west scotland, maybe wales and the south—west by the end of the night, overnight close between 10—13. as we look towards the weekend, a bank holiday for many and it looks like it will be predominantly dry with some sunshine. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. gcse results are out today for pupils in en

now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello.l be places that stay dry through the rest of today with some lengthy spells of sunshine. but in other spots, some blustery winds and some quite heavy thundery downpours, particularly along the line of a weather front. this narrow band of rain pushing out of southern scotland and northern ireland into the far north of england could be the odd flash of lightning, the odd rumble of thunder, some heavy thundery showers into northwest scotland. quite windy out there for many. highest temperatures across eastern england, up to 25, maybe 26 degrees. through this evening and tonight, this band of rain will sink its way south tending to break apart, but still the potential for the odd sharp shower in north wales, the north midlands. by the end of the night, more showers into north west scotland, dry elsewhere with lows between ten and 15 degrees. now, tomorrow across northern ireland, scotland, the far north of england, it should stay mostly sunny with just the odd shower. further south we'll

from bbc weather�*s climate check studio, ben rich looks at why the wait for rain is likely to go on. each year, driven by the intertropical convergence zone, or the itcz, a band of thunderstorms that encircles the planet near the equator. the strong heat of the sun causes air to rise, helped by converging trade winds from northern and southern hemispheres, generating a zone of intense downpours. as the sun shifts northwards and southwards, relative to the earth, so does the itcz. as it moves northwards, it brings the so—called long rains from march to may. this year, those long rains failed. as it moves back southwards, there's a briefer wet season, known as the short rains, from october to december, and long—range forecasts suggest this could fail, too. 0ranges and browns on this map show predicted rainfall below normal. this would mean an unprecedented fifth consecutive failed rainy season. one reason is a long—lasting la nina in the pacific, which can bring weather impacts across the globe, including dryness in east africa. for people in eastern africa, in the regions where we hav

now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello.kely to be found across the northern half of the uk. furthersouth, more in the way of cloud. and whether you find yourself in a cloudy zone or a sunnier zone, there is the potentialfor some showers at times. now, this is the earliest satellite image. it shows cloud rolling its way in from the west. that's becoming more extensive, especially across the southern half of the uk. further north, a better chance of holding onto some sunshine. a mostly sunny afternoon for a good part of northern england. northern ireland seeing sunshine and just the odd shower. sunny spells and showers across scotland, the showers most frequent out towards the west. but generally more cloud rolling its way in across southern england, wales into parts of the midlands, bringing some splashes of rain at times, and it will turn quite murky for some western coasts. not as windy as it was yesterday, still quite breezy, particularly up towards the north. temperatures of 18 degrees in glasgow, 25 in norwich. through

here's ben rich. it isa it is a bank holiday for some others, not in scotland, but england, wales and northern ireland. it will be mostly dry and with that, we will see spells of sunshine. there is the chance of one or two showers, but they are the exception rather than the rule. you will notice an increasingly brisk breeze in eastern and southern parts into sunday and monday. this afternoon, we have got showers, heavy once in south west scotland. some of the parts of northern ireland, wales, the south west. elsewhere, mainly fine, some spells of sunshine, fresher than earlier in the week. temperatures between 16 and 2a degrees. quite a cool fresh night tonight. one or two mist and fog patches. showers continuing through parts of north wales into northern england. most places dry, 8 or 9 degrees in glasgow, belfast. there could be the odd mist patch to start tomorrow morning but, for the most part, decent start to the day with spells of sunshine. through the day, we see some showers are popping up, yo

here's ben rich. thank you very much.ll feel the effects of that tomorrow. some warmth, a few showers, spells of sunshine. look at where the air is coming from. all the way across the atlantic. it is moving over a lot of ocean, picking up moving over a lot of ocean, picking up a lot of moisture. that moisture is being squeezed out, if you like, in the form of some mist and fog patches tonight, some very murky conditions for the coast of wales, the southwest, channel islands as well turning very murky and pretty warm and humid to take us into tomorrow morning. for tomorrow, quite a lot of cloud around. showery rain in places, this band of showery rain in places, this band of showery rain moving across scotland. a view showers elsewhere. some sunshine, northern ireland, parts of western scotland on the south—east of england. with the warmth and humidity, we are going to unlock high temperatures tomorrow. 21 were aberdeen, belfast, 27 degrees there across parts of east anglia. as we go through tomorrow evening, we will see s

here's ben rich. back down—to—earth with the wetter.really humid air that will feel the effects of tomorrow. very warm, humid, a few showers round, we have really poor advice bill at moment across the channel islands, parts of

here's ben rich. mostly dry tomorrow and mostly dry over the next few days.r the next five days. this scale is in the top right, you can see these pale blue colours indicating that much rain this week, some places are unlikely to see any at all. that takes us through august and into the start of september. tomorrow, first of all, some weather contrasts. the warmest and sunniest weather across the south on the west of the uk, where you have shelter from this brisk north—easterly breeze, which will be making it rather cool and cloudy for some in northern and eastern parts. 0vernight we will have a little rain around the irish sea coasts and south—west scotland and north—west england and north wales, and northern ireland. dry elsewhere. tomorrow, the breeze brings cloud into northern and eastern areas, the better sunshine further south and west and a few showers, most places staying dry and heavy showers across parts of northern scotland. evidence of that fairly brisk breeze if you are exposed to it along the north sea coast, aberdeen will have 15 degrees, compa

now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello.sunshine. but in other spots, some blustery winds and some quite heavy thundery downpours, particularly along the line of a weather front. this narrow band of rain pushing out of southern scotland and northern ireland into the far north of england could be the odd flash of lightning, the odd rumble of thunder, some heavy thundery showers into northwest scotland. quite windy out there for many. highest temperatures across eastern england, up to 25, maybe 26 degrees. through this evening and tonight, this band of rain will sink its way south tending to break apart, but still the potential for the odd sharp shower in north wales, the north midlands. by the end of the night, more showers into north west scotland, dry elsewhere with lows between ten and 15 degrees. now, tomorrow across northern ireland, scotland, the far north of england, it should stay mostly sunny

now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello. there will be places that stay dry through the rest of today with some lengthy spells of sunshine. but in other spots, some blustery winds and some quite heavy thundery downpours, particularly along the line of a weather front. this narrow band of rain pushing out of southern scotland and northern ireland into the far north of england could be the odd flash of lightning, the odd rumble of thunder, some heavy thundery showers into northwest scotland. quite windy out there for many. highest temperatures across eastern england, up to 25, maybe 26 degrees. through this evening and tonight, this band of rain will sink its way south tending to break apart, but still the potential for the odd sharp shower in north wales, the north midlands. by the end of the night, more showers into north west scotland, dry elsewhere with lows between ten and 15 degrees. now, tomorrow across northern ireland, scotland, the far north of england, it should stay mostly sunny with just the odd shower. further so

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now it�*s time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello.better chance of holding onto some sunshine. a mostly sunny afternoon for a good part of northern england. northern ireland seeing sunshine and just the odd shower. sunny spells and showers across scotland, the showers most frequent out towards the west. but generally more cloud rolling its way in across southern england, wales into parts of the midlands, bringing some splashes of rain at times, and it will turn quite murky for some western coasts. not as windy as it was yesterday, still quite breezy, particularly up towards the north. temperatures of 18 degrees in glasgow, 25 in norwich. through this evening and tonight, this area of cloud will tend to expand and become more widespread. some mist and murk for some of these western coasts and some outbreaks of rain becoming actually quite heavy in parts of the west by the end of the night. really quite warm and muggy for some of these southern coasts. 16 in plymouth overnight, nine in newcastle, cooler and fresher further north and eas

here's ben rich. the weather at old trafford is not too bad.rstorms in places and with that across parts of the south and east of a lead, huge amounts of rain. this is what happened

. _ now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello there.the scene for a weather watcher in devon during saturday, just a bit of patchy cloud, some sunny spells, most places were dry and most places stay dry into sunday with high pressure dominating the scene. however we have one weak frontal system bringing cloud and some rain to start off across northern ireland and scotland, some rather misty and murky conditions for a time here. further south across england and wales, any early mist clearing, some good spells of sunshine. we will see one or two showers developing into the afternoon but they will be the exception rather than the rule. brightening up a little bit across southern parts of scotland, staying cloudy in the north, 16 stornoway, 23 degrees in london. through the late afternoon though could see a little bit of rain developing across parts of northern ireland. that could well expand across the irish sea across parts of north—west england, south—west scotland as we go through the night. a fair amount of cloud also streaming into no

here's ben rich. back down—to—earth with the wetter.have murky conditions that have been developing, off the coast of the south—west for example, that is how it looked in bude. that mist and murk comes courtesy of really humid air that will feel the effects of tomorrow. very warm, humid, a few showers round, we have really poor advice bill at moment across the channel islands, parts of the south—west, all that humidity working in behind the outbreaks of rain, pretty soggy for the first part of the evening in yorkshire and lincolnshire, some patchy rain elsewhere. even when you get breaks in the cloud they will fill in with mist and fog tanks to —— thanks to the rising levels of humidity. low pressure with us for tomorrow, a couple of little weather fronts moving through, bringing shower, but all of us fining ourselves in the midst of this very humid air, but particularly humid in the south where across the south—west, parts of wales will be murky start, some fog patches elsewhere. a fair amount of cloud in the sky. that cloud breaking f

now it�*s time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello.t we�*ve got this zone of cloud working in from the west, bringing some showers through northern ireland, southwest scotland, northwest england, wales and the far south west of england. and that zone of cloudy and showery weather will continue to push its way eastwards as we go through the day tomorrow. for central and eastern parts of england, some fog patches to start off, they should clear, then we will see some spells of sunshine, but things will tend to cloud over through the day. northern scotland likely to stick out into some sunshine. top temperatures, 17 to 24 degrees with a much cooler, fresher feel. and we keep that fresher feel as we head into the weekend. a bank holiday for most of us, of course, it will be largely dry with sunny spells and just one or two showers. this is bbc news — i�*m frankie mccamley — the headines. a think—thank campaigning on behalf of low and middle income families warns "a catastrophe�* is coming this winter" — unless the government steps in to he

now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich.and, into the hours, a zone of cloud around the east of england with temperatures holding up but for most a cool, fresh life on a true mist or fog patches and tomorrow, a mainly fine day in prospect, scattered showers through eastern scotland, northern england, wales, south of england, dry and this weather system grazing close to northern ireland in western scotland but again most places will stay fine. little bit cool for some eastern coast, elsewhere temperatures generally between 20—25 c and through the rest of the weekend, mostly dry with sunny spells, still if you showers but with an increasing breeze. this is bbc news. the headlines: tens of millions of people will see an 80% increase in their gas and electricity bills, as ofgem announces a new price cap. the regulator and campaigners call for immediate government action. we need to remain resilient, we need to make sure that this isn't a sticking plaster, that for the long—term we continue to help the most vulnerable, who have n

earlier, the bbc�*s ben rich explained how the hot conditions came to be.ceived less than half their usual rainfall. the persistent heat and dry conditions have had huge impacts on china's crops, including mid—season rice and summer corn. that's got authorities thinking about the upcoming autumn grain harvest. it's of particular concern because it accounts for 75% of china's annual total yield. well, the government's taking on mother nature and trying to create its own rain. these next pictures were released by chinese state media. they show cloud seeding — a technique that involves the use of planes to dispense chemicals into the sky, to trigger rainfall. it's a big strategy, but how effective will it be? to find out, i'm joined by dr laura kuhl, assistant professor at the school of public policy and urban affairs at northeastern university. perhaps we should start with, how do you cloud seeding? how do you use this technology? 50. you cloud seeding? how do you use this technology?— this technology? so, the concept is basically chemicals _ this technology?

now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich.s... police investigating nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel�*s murder in liverpool say they have �*a number of very positive lines of inquiry�*. officers have identified a second man involved in monday night�*s incident and have appealed again for the killer to surrender himself. my message to him remains the same. we will not rest until we find you, and we will find you. pupils in england, wales and northern ireland are gettting their gcse exam results today. the pass rate has fallen since 2021, but remains higher than 2019, before the pandemic. a think—thank campaigning on behalf of low and middle income families has warned that "a catastrophe is coming this winter" unless the government steps in to help with energy costs. in eastern ukraine a russian missile strike kills 25 people, including two children. more ideas are being put forward to help protect homes and businesses from soaring energy bills. the british chambers of commerce is calling for covid—style emergency grants to "pr

in a moment, the bbc news at one with ben brown, but now it's time for a look at the weather with ben richsure to the north of us, will increasingly bring a north or north—easterly flow, picking up some cool air from the north sea and bringing it into some of these eastern coasts. so, temperatures here might struggle a little bit, maybe 17 for aberdeen, 19 for newcastle, warmer further west, a day of sunny spells and just one or two showers. so, there will be some contrast through sunday into monday. along some of the eastern coasts, it will be on the cool side, increasingly breezy, quite cloudy as well, whereas further west, we will see more in the way of sunshine, and that is where we will see the highest temperatures, may be in the middle 20s across parts of south—west england. this is how monday looks more generally, with that brisk wind off the north sea. quite a lot of cloud filtering in at this stage, best of the sunshine where we have got some shelter from the breeze out towards the west. again, there will be one or two showers and the temperatures, mid to high teens across eastern

from bbc weather�*s climate check studio, ben rich looks at why the wait for rain is likely to go on.enerating a zone of intense downpours. as the sun shifts northwards and southwards, relative to the earth, so does the itcz. as it moves northwards, it brings the so—called long rains from march to may. this year, those long rains failed. as it moves back southwards, there's a briefer wet season, known as the short rains, from october to december, and long—range forecasts suggest this could fail, too. 0ranges and browns on this map show predicted rainfall below normal. this would mean an unprecedented fifth consecutive failed rainy season. one reason is a long—lasting la nina in the pacific, which can bring weather impacts across the globe, including dryness in east africa. for people in eastern africa, in the regions where we have two rainfall season in a year, we need to have two consecutive rain seasons that have failed for people to start experiencing the severe impacts of this rain shortage and unfortunately for this specific case, this is the fifth consecutive season. what it mea

rich dan rappoport creates for himself. the second i was born someone david juberg in friends explored the usa in russia mcfall lieutenant of the navy usa ben other prominent military and political figures, and the headlines in the press were full of a senior analyst of the us department of defense promised the ukrainian media that nato, playing once again corrects with moscow, rappoport pretending to be jubert used photos of his friends. i came up with a biography for him with the help of these inventions. ah, biographies. ah. fake characters. can be obtained. uh, the audience had confidence, if he called him who he is, in fact, of course, no one would trust him, well, some kind of anti-soviet who fled, and from the sofas, from latvia, but the jewberg did not last long. it is possible that they stopped paying its creator as soon as the political power in the united states changed after the death of the samogor port of kiev, his wife spoke about her husband’s unfulfilled plans for some kind of assistance to ukraine. they also held meetings in the united states. she does not believe the cause of death, they say, could not. the bad habits of

. >> ben, do you have any doubt in your mind that rich lowery, a conservative columnist was in "the newyesterday in a not manipulative way that he thought merrick garland was getting ready to indict donald trump and he said he's a respectable guy and he's not a crazy view is that donald trump is going to get indicted and many think that's quite likely and garland has the evidence and i don't want to feed panic and i don't love playing the speculation claim and just on the basis of everything that you're seeing, your expectation if donald trump gets indicted, your expectation is violence? >> yes. >> yes. >> and two words next to each other, militia tiktok. what we've seen so far are lone actors who have gone off without a plan and they've done some stupid stuff. several cases of that in the last week. we have not seen organized violence in the places where they organized them last time for january 6th. january 6th in a lot of ways, we got lucky and the quick response forces and the oath keepers set up in a hotel across the river with the weapons in it and they didn't get used. their plan

rich leg. yeah . but this year, a low harvest of around $1600000.00 tons is expected due to poor rainfall. until now the shells have simply been thrown away or burned. pure waste says professor ben gum he regularly buys his raw materials at the t lane, central market in decorating him and explains to the traitor that he makes batteries from michelle's getting them bring it otherwise said, you will hall. i'd never heard of that. me again. it seems, every day you wake up and there's more technology, more developments. but i'm happy to see it happening on both on the low market and that the peanut shells help blue light. i want to live local and gallon music for more than 2 years by the d up and gum has been researching the conversion of bio mass into energy with a group of 15 students. so off. while all it's a complicated electrochemical process with 1st the shelves are ground into powder, and mixed with water. oh, la la st. on good, a, talk, the whole thing. so for a period of time like this, though, i won't tell you how long of it, because that's one of the crucial parameters while at the close up and then we filter the mixture. and the result is this liquid whose the as opposed

that's rich from the mayor considering he is willing to debate whether or not a governor is clint eastwood, really. oh boy, here we go. molly, thank you. let's bring in the power panel now. bened talk show shows. and laura fink. democrat campaign consultant. great to see you both. ben, there is so much to look at in terms of where this governor and where this mayor are on the border crisis right now. >> just the 4,000 that have come to new york. we've taken in 4,000 and overwhelmed. that's a normal monday in texas right now or tuesday or wednesday. a bad day for us in texas is eight, 9,000, 12,000 that come across the border. for him to say the governor in texas is anti-american, why aren't you begging for more people to come to new york to take care of them? the problem with the mayor is this. play stupid games and win stupid prizes. the reality is we're a welcoming ste. as long as no one showed up. then he said we're a sanctuary city as long as no one shows up and a loving city as long as no one shows up. then you get 4,000 illegal immigrants and you say we're overrun, we're overwhelmed? i'm sorry. welcome to the real word. we experience this in texas every day. the govern

rich, dan rappoport creates for himself. the second i was born was a certain david jewberg as a friend of the former us ambassador to russia mcfoo, lieutenant of the us navy benand political figures. and the headlines in the press were washed down by a senior analyst of the us department of defense promised the ukrainian media that nato is playful races. with moscow, rappoport posed as jubert and used photographs of his friends. i came up with a biography for him with the help of these fictions, uh, biographies. ah. fake characters. can be obtained. uh, the audience has confidence, if he called himself who he is, in fact, of course, no one would trust him, well, some kind of runaway anti-soviet and russophobe from latvia the wife spoke about her husband's unfulfilled plans for some help to ukraine a. they also held meetings in the united states. she does not believe the cause of death, they say , could not. the bad habits of counting were helped by those who knew a reliable businessman. i'm sure apart from alcohol, of course, there were definitely drugs in this atmosphere, and this way of life, of course, it clearly does not contribute to life expectancy. it