ben rich joins us what is a red weather warning ? is the highest tier of warning _ weather warning? that is the highest tier of warning that _ weather warning? that is the highest tier of warning that the _ weather warning? that is the highest tier of warning that the met - weather warning? that is the highest tier of warning that the met office i tier of warning that the met office can issue. this is worth taking seriously. we don't have red warnings all that often. we haven't had one yet this year. the last time you read warning was issued was back in 2020 with a storm that was named storm dennis. so these things don't come around all that often and a red warning implies a risk to life. sadly, as we have already heard, a loss of life in this bad weather in the eastern side of scotland. and the eastern side of scotland. and the warning implies that lives could still be at risk, it implies obviously significant flooding, 250 ammendment of rain in the wettest places. well over the rainfall those places. well over the rainfall those pl

here's ben rich. hi ben. thank you. good afternoon, over the next few days autumn finally arrives, now that said, it already feels like autumn in northern area, sunny skies in aberdeen but temperatures right now round 12 degrees, further south, some warmth holding on. 21 in norfolk but with more in the way of cloud. dividing the weather we have this band of rain, heavy rain falling in parts of west wales, into north—west england, to the north of that, some beautiful sunny skies, scattering of showers in the north—west of scotland. windy in the far north no. the south of the rain band any brighter spells will lift temperatures to 22, maybe 23, further north we have seen that 12 for aberdeen, same goes for glasgow, 13 in belfast and the dividing line between the cool air in the north, the warm and muggy air in the south is this weather front and this is going to move a bit further southwards as we go through tonight. really stalling across southern england, parts of south wales and the midland, so more rain to come. tempe

but first here's the weather with ben rich. hello. days, it has felt as if summer has been trying to cling on deep into 0ctober. but autumn is going to be arriving over the next few days. in fact, already feeling quite autumnal in the northern half of the uk. here some sunshine, but some rather cool air working its way in from the north—west. conversely, south—westerly winds bringing warm and muggy air down towards the south, and the dividing line between those air masses is this weather front bringing some outbreaks of rain across parts of wales, the midlands, into east anglia and lincolnshire. particularly heavy rain i think across parts of west wales with the risk of some flooding and some disruption. to the south of that, often quite murky but warm and humid. further north, something cooler and fresher. 12 degrees, for example, in aberdeen and glasgow. some sunshine, scattering of showers, the wind slowly easing a little bit in the north of scotland. now, overnight, ourweatherfront moves a little bit further southwards and then te

now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello there.ad their first frost of the season this morning and it is a sign of things to come. some of the coldest weather was found across parts of northern ireland, southern scotland and northern england. lows of minus one or minus two celsius. compare that with a very different feel in the south of england and the channel islands, 16 or 17 degrees, thanks to a band of cloud and some splashes of rain. saw some quite heavy bursts of rain actually towards the south—east corner. more rain now pushing in from the south—west. that will affect the south—west of england later in the day. but for northern england, northern ireland and scotland, some sunny spells, some showers, too, particularly in the north—west of scotland. 11 degrees for stornoway and a cooler day across many parts of england and wales, 15 to 17 degrees. through this evening and tonight it will turn very wet indeed across many parts of england and wales. could be enough rain to give some issues with flooding. turning windy as well. a

here's ben rich.ood afternoon, yet another day work for most of us it does not feel anything like a typical october, it is already very close to 25 celsius in parts of south—east england. some reminders of autumn, felt across southern and western areas earlier and some rain in the north of scotland. you can see that on the satellite radio, low cloud, mist and smoke across south—west england into wales, various bands of rain pushing south and eastwards across scotland, northern ireland into northern england and we will see outbreaks of rain through the rest of the afternoon with quite a brisk wind, particularly in the far north. further south and east, holding onto spells of sunshine and temperatures up spells of sunshine and temperatures up to around 2a or 25. this evening and tonight this band of rain pushing south and east across scotland, northern ireland, turning very windy in the far north. head of the rain band, some areas of mist and murk, simply spells too on what will be a very mild night acr

here's ben rich.ish i could tell you things were going to calm down, but actually the reverse looks set to be true. the jet stream, the winds high up in the atmosphere, in a very lively mood. thisjet atmosphere, in a very lively mood. this jet stream is going to be racing its way across the atlantic over the next few days. when�*s in the core of the jet high above our heads likely to touch 230 mph. that is an awful lot of energy, energy that looks set to spin up this big, deep area of low pressure. while the details of the forecast may change a bit between now and then, it certainly looks likely that through wednesday night into thursday, some others will see damaging winds and many of us will see more unwanted rain. in the shorter term, already rain. in the shorter term, already rain giving cause for concern across the south—east of northern ireland. a met office amber warning has been issued, taking us through to night into the start of tomorrow. it is already waning across those eastern and south—e

here's ben rich. hi ben. thank you.aid, it already feels like autumn in northern area, sunny

now here's the weather with ben rich. hello there.over the last few days, there is something more autumnal on the way. that cooler feel already in evidence across northern areas. further south today we've had more in the way of cloud. that cloud has been producing some outbreaks of rain. you can see the division between that warm and actually rather humid air in the south with south—westerly winds, and the north—westerly winds bringing something cooler and more autumnal in the north. this weather front lies between those two air masses. it's been bringing quite a lot of rain for some of us during today. that front tending to slip its way southwards overnight. still some quite heavy bursts of rain actually pushing across some southern parts of england, some rain left behind across the midlands, mid wales. further north, though, clear, starry skies. just a few showers in the far north. temperatures dropping to about one degree in parts of northern ireland, northern england and scotland, so a touch of frost to start tomorrow, but with so

now here's the weather with ben rich. hello.mbed above 25 celsius — the highest values in parts of eastern and south—eastern england. but it wasn't like that everywhere. further north and west, we had cloud. we had outbreaks of rain across parts of scotland, a bit of rain for northern ireland and northern england too. you can see a couple of different weather features here on our earlier satellite picture. it's this one that becomes the main weather—maker as it pushes southwards overnight — a band of rain, that rain actually pepping up again from the west. but to the south of it, we stay in the warm air. so overnight lows of 1a, 15, 16 degrees. to the north of our weather front, well, some parts of the highlands will get quite close to freezing. as we head into tomorrow this weather front continues to act as a dividing line, bringing some outbreaks of quite heavy rain across some central parts of the uk. that rain moving out of northern england into wales, the midlands, parts of east anglia through the afternoon. to the north of

time for a look at the weather across the uk with ben rich.

here�*s ben rich. as we go into the weekend, what a story of contrasts.— story of contrasts.d probably expect me to talk i would probably expect me to talk about warmth, and i will, but i also have to talk about rain, and lots of rain for some places. in fact, enough to cause some flooding and disruption. pretty wet today in parts of north—west england, but the focus over the weekend turns to western and central parts of scotland. this chart shows the rainfall accumulations we expect, well over 100 millimetres in this part of scotland. no wonder the met office has issued an amber warning in the very wettest places, where we could see up to 180 millimetres of rain, especially over high ground, with the risk of flooding disruption. rain also for northern ireland, parts of wales and northern england, tending to shift north but then becoming very slow moving. a pretty one night for the time of yearfor most of pretty one night for the time of year for most of us, although quite cold in the far north. that�*s the theme we will take into tomorrow. tomorrow, misty and murky around we

israel, all of those latest developments on the programme in a moment or two after the weather with ben richober. but autumn is going to be arriving over the next few days. in fact, already feeling quite autumnal in the northern half of the uk. here some sunshine, but some rather cool air working its way in from the north—west. conversely, south—westerly winds bringing warm and muggy air down towards the south, and the dividing line between those air masses is this weather front bringing some outbreaks of rain across parts of wales, the midlands, into east anglia and lincolnshire. particularly heavy rain i think across parts of west wales with the risk of some flooding and some disruption. to the south of that, often quite murky but warm and humid. further north, something cooler and fresher. 12 degrees, for example, in aberdeen and glasgow, some sunshine, scattering of showers, the wind slowly easing a little bit in the north of scotland. now, overnight, ourweatherfront moves a little bit further southwards and then tends to stall across southern counties of england, parts of wales and the

well, let's get more on the weather with ben rich.a red warning from the met office covering parts of eastern scotland. it's the highest tier of wanting the met office can issue. it implies a danger to life, up to 250 millimetres of rain falling in the very latest locations. no wonder there is an ongoing risk of significant flooding. broader ever wanting affected captivated and northern scotland. the rainjust keeps on coming. a soggy start to friday but further south there is a lot of rain in the outlook as well across wales. central and northern england, northern ireland, really have examples of rain becoming very slow moving through the day. across scotland the rain increasingly becoming confined to the southeast of scotland at least the heaviest rate. it will be very witty with gusts of 50—60 mph and more across central and northern parts of the uk. lighter winds further south, mix of sunshine and showers here but the met office and i affecting parts of southeast scotland and down the spine of northern england. it falls from 12 o'c

time for a look at the weather across the uk with ben rich. and there's more bad weather on the way... yes, for some things will get worse before they get better. not least in the eastern dramatic developments tonight as hamas releases two americans — a mother and daughter, judith and natalie ranaan — into the care of the red cross after negotiations involving qatar. hamas says it released the hostages on humanitarian grounds after president biden decried them as inhumane. two american hostages released — so what does this mean for the fate of the nearly 200 that remain? we'll hear from general david petreus, the former director of the cia. will tonight's hostage release impact israel's plans for their offensive? emir has been to the lebanese—israel border where fighting there has intensified. what was that sound? this is the terrorist. — what was that sound? this is the terrorist, the terrorists start the bombs — we'll be speaking to professor lina khatib, the director of the soas middle eastern institute, and from jerusalem, anshel pfeffer,

ben rich, thank you. that's it. more analysis is on newsnight with faisal islam, over on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, with cheering a 20% swing by—election and suddenly those 44 snp westminster seats look a bit shaky. does this remove a key roadblock for the opposition in place for nearly nine years or will caution win the war for labour? is it now time after this for "keir the bold"? - what you've seen is "keir the strategist" who knew that we had to take our party from the worst general election result since 1935 to a general election victory that required us to change the party at pace and ruthlessly. and what does it say about any path for independence? we'll hearfrom labour's party chairfrom liverpool as she prepares for conference. and from an mp who was until recently in the snp. also tonight, he has notjust abandoned his funding forthe campaign groupjust stop oil, but now thinks the time for protest is done. we hear from the eco entrepeneur who's backing labour, dale vince. they may carry on and do it, i don't know. what i'm saying is, i think that will ass

i'm joined by bbc weather presenter, ben rich. we heard there...en going on? some places will undoubtedly _ been going on? some places will undoubtedly have _ been going on? some places will undoubtedly have had _ been going on? some places will- undoubtedly have had unprecedented rainfall. extraordinarily wet, not least in the eastern side of scotland. we've got the rainfall radar that i can show you on the screen behind me here. you can see the way in which the rain, hopefully you will be able to see that at the moment. the rain has come at every 90, moment. the rain has come at every go, moved its way in across the eastern side of scotland, where it has been quite relentless. it looks like we have seen 200 ammendment of rain are very close to that in parts of eastern scotland. that's pretty much twice the rainfall those areas would normally expect in the whole of october. but as you can see there, huge amounts of rain across parts of the east midlands, into the west midlands, north wales, northern england, so we still have met office amber warni

i'm joined by bbc weather presenter ben rich. just how unusual is it to be this bad?0 for storm dennis, they do imply... people are right to be taking precautions to be getting ready for the weather that is already starting to set in. some very heavy rain, to 50 mm of rain across parts of eastern scotland, so this is to be significantly more rain than those places we would expect in the whole month of october -- 250. expect in the whole month of october —— 250. potentially strong winds too. talking about flooding, power cuts, dangerous travel conditions, whole communities likely to be cut off. we have heard of those homes being evacuated and people need to being evacuated and people need to be staying across the details. yes. be staying across the details. yes, the stats there _ be staying across the details. yes, the stats there are _ be staying across the details. yes, the stats there are quite _ be staying across the details. yes, the stats there are quite something. in terms of how long that last, how it pans out, take me through that. the rest of the weather is g

western governments are backing a government with obvious genocidal ministers like like ben gaveer and smart rich and others and many many others as well, so we get them, we get them backing genocidal regime, and biden was asked uh yesterday or the day before and he said, we support israel, what it does, now that means not just the massacres of the past, not just the the the full spectrum criminality, but something even worse than that, they've just been given the go ahead, partied on the head and said america approves, go ahead and kill as many palestinians as you want. so it's obviously worrying because there is not yet a force that can fully protect the palestinians, but the resistance will of course uh uh give give the israelis one one hell of a run for the money. and harley, what do you see the situation going right now, um, because as we speak, unfortunately uh the israelis are just pounding uh, the gaza strip, uh, but overall your assessment of uh, what do you think? this situation can go? well again, i think you have to understand that the reason netanyahu is doing what he's doing is that

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ben used the word largely unmitigated success. i would take nearly the polar opposite view of the british empire because i think britain then got richd i think we're enjoying that financial benefit today . today. >> well, well, hang on. so you're even further back you're going even further back and saying think and saying that i think sometimes the historical context is in in an odd light is seen in in an odd light because the slave trade, for example, which would be one of the things that you're referring to, many, many hundreds of years ago, would be the thing that you think is one of things that think is one of the things that i'm presuming was one of the things britain as things that made britain as wealthy is now. well, wealthy as it is now. well, i think you've got realise that think you've got to realise that the trade was going in the slave trade was going on in africa the british africa before the british arrived, was the trade arrived, so that was the trade within that perfectly within africa that was perfectly legitimate the legitimate and legal. and the british to it came british cottoned on to it came to and then the af