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which drives weather systems in our direction is currently travelling a long way north of the british isles. essentially trapping an area of high pressure right across the top of the uk. that is keeping things are settled. it is trapping a loss of cloud underneath it and these big areas of cloud will continue to circulate throughout saturday. will be some breaks in the clouds, chiefly across the west country for a time through the morning, then north—east scotland and england likely to see the lion share of any sunshine. elsewhere it expect a pretty cloudy saturday afternoon and those temperatures well down in single digits. a change in the north—west on saturday night, this band of cloud and patchy rain will sink across northern ireland and scotland, tending to fizzle, but feeding figallo cloud in across england and wales. not as cold as the last couple of nights. into sunday, we'll have the remnants of that weak frontal system, a band sunday, we'll have the remnants of that weakfrontal system, a band of cloud, the spot of drizzle across england and wales, feeding up into northern ireland.

a frontal system will eventually show its hand across the north—western quarter of the british isles.more about that in just a second. so that cloud shield isn't complete, by any means at all, and if it breaks for any length of time into the first part of saturday, you will end up with a chilly start to your day, although there will be some sunshine to compensate. that could well be the case across parts of wales, down into the south—west. but i think, as the morning proceeds, so perhaps some of those gaps will fill in. again, much of england and wales will be cloudy, but dry. the best of the sunshine perhaps to the eastern side of the pennines, up into the eastern side of scotland. temperatures nothing to write home about for the time of year, pretty average, four to around seven, the exception the western isles of scotland. but here, late in the day, the cloud thickens all the while, so too into northern ireland, and you eventually end up with a wee bit of rain. i don't think it's going to amount to very much at all. it's tied in with that weather front, which, as we move from satur

a frontal system will eventually show its hand across the north—western quarter of the british isles. isn't complete, by any means at all, and if it breaks for any length of time into the first part of saturday, you will end up with a chilly start to your day, although there will be some sunshine to compensate. that could well be the case across parts of wales, down into the south—west. but i think, as the morning proceeds, so perhaps some of those gaps will fill in. again, much of england and wales will be cloudy, but dry. the best of the sunshine perhaps to the eastern side of the pennines, up into the eastern side of scotland. temperatures nothing to write home about for the time of year, pretty average, four to around seven, the exception the western isles of scotland. but here, late in the day, the cloud thickens all the while, so too into northern ireland, and you eventually end up with a wee bit of rain. i don't think it's going to amount to very much at all. it's tied in with that weather front, which, as we move from saturday into sunday, will just tumble its way through the

we're expecting this to drift across the north of the british isles, bringing some outbreaks of rainsee this band of fairly heavy rain moving across northern ireland, scotland, and northern england, but also bringing some pretty strong and gusty winds. milder at this stage, double digits for some of us in plymouth, for cardiff, glasgow as well, but the strength of the wind could cause one or two issues, particularly across the northern half of scotland as we head through monday into monday night. 60, to 70, maybe 75 mile per hour wind gusts in the most exposed spots. and it stays quite blustery on tuesday. this area of low pressure drifts out into the north sea, and leaves us with a brisk, and fairly chilly northerly wind. i think tuesday will be quite a chilly feeling day, and also those winds will be very strong indeed, particularly down the east coast. we could even see a little bit of coastal flooding for some eastern coastal counties. we'll have to keep an eye on that one. elsewhere, some sunshine, some showers as well particularly in eastern parts, and those temperatures 7 to 1

a frontal system will eventually show its hand across the north—western quarter of the british isles.'t complete, by any means at all, and if it breaks for any length of time into the first part of saturday, you will end up with a chilly start to your day, although there will be some sunshine to compensate. that could well be the case across parts of wales, down into the south—west. but i think, as the morning proceeds, so perhaps some of those gaps will fill in. again, much of england and wales will be cloudy, but dry. the best of the sunshine perhaps to the eastern side of the pennines, up into the eastern side of scotland. temperatures nothing to write home about for the time of year, pretty average, four to around seven, the exception the western isles of scotland. but here, late in the day, the cloud thickens all the while, so too into northern ireland, and you eventually end up with a wee bit of rain. i don't think it's going to amount to very much at all. it's tied in with that weather front, which, as we move from saturday into sunday, will just tumble its way through the area

the frontal system will eventually show its hand across the north—western quarter of the british islesength of time into the first part saturday, you will end up with a chilly start to your day, although there will be some sunshine to compensate. that could well be the case across parts of wales, down into the south—west. but i think as the morning proceeds, so perhaps some of those gaps willfill in, again, much of england and wales will be cloudy but dry, the best of the sunshine perhaps to the eastern side of the pennines, up into the eastern side of scotland. temperatures nothing to write home about for the time of year, pretty average, four to around seven, the exception the western isles of scotland, but here late in the day the cloud thickens all the while, so too into northern ireland, and you eventually end up with a wee bit of rain. i don't think it will amount to very much at all. it's tied into that when the front, which, as we move saturday into sunday, will tumble its way through the area of high pressure, of high pressure, tending to lose what little potency it had. and y

a frontal system will eventually show its hand across the north—western quarter of the british isles.f it breaks for any length of time into the first part of saturday, you will end up with a chilly start to your day, although there will be some sunshine to compensate. that could well be the case across parts of wales, down into the south—west. but i think, as the morning proceeds, so perhaps some of those gaps will fill in. again, much of england and wales will be cloudy, but dry. the best of the sunshine perhaps to the eastern side of the pennines, up into the eastern side of scotland. temperatures nothing to write home about for the time of year, pretty average, four to around seven, the exception the western isles of scotland. but here, late in the day, the cloud thickens all the while, so too into northern ireland, and you eventually end up with a wee bit of rain. i don't think it's going to amount to very much at all. it's tied in with that weather front, which, as we move from saturday into sunday, will just tumble its way through the area of high pressure, tending to lose what

the frontal system will eventually show its hand across the north—western quarter of the british islesa second. isles. we will talk more about that in just a second. so that cloud shield isn't complete by any means at all and if it breaks for any length of time in the first part saturday you will have a chilly start to your day although there will be some sunshine to compensate. that could well be the case for parts of wales down into the south—west. but as i think the morning proceeds, so perhaps some of those gaps will fill in a gamut of england and wales will be cloudy by dry, the best of the sunshine perhaps to the eastern side of the pennines, up into the eastern side of scotland. temperature is nothing to write home about for the time of year, to write home about for the time of yea r, pretty to write home about for the time of year, pretty average, four to around seven, the exception of the western isles or scotland, but here late in the day that cloud thickens all the while, so too in northern ireland, you eventually end up with a wee bit of rain, i don't think it will amount t

thursday into friday we bring this warm front, further eastwards across the british isles, that wille warm front suggests it lot introduce warmer 01’ warm front suggests it lot introduce warmer or milder air, the cold air you will notice is not too far away. but friday, will be a very different feeling day. double digit temperatures in some place, a lot of cloud round, some patchy rain, a bit of brightness as well, but ten degrees in newcastle, 11 for cardiff and for plymouth. but we will see rain pepping in in western scotland late in the day. during friday night into saturday we bring this band of heavy rain southwards with strong and gusty winds and on the back edge we start to see some snow, over higher ground. that is because as they rain pushing southwards we open they rain pushing southwards we open the door once again to the return of some cold air. 0nce the door once again to the return of some cold air. once that cold air returns it stays with us on sunday. a windy day and stays chilly into next week. you're watching beyond one hundred days... donald trump has a catchy new

windy weather that's all making its way towards greece keep your eye on the united kingdom the british isles a loss of winter weather coming in as we go on through the next forty eight hours or so nasty system starting to show its hand on shoes day just across that western side of france of low pressure this one's been named storm gable we can see how the possibility of snow coming across all parts of the british isles as we go on into where to stay that snow digging its way down across france into germany over towards the northeast just warming up in moscow with a high of one celsius. the weather sponsored by cats are in place. in september twenty seventh team the people of the kurdish region of northern iraq voted in favor of independence from baghdad. but joy was short lived as the iraqi government reacted forcefully against any idea of separation. al-jazeera world travels to the kurdish regional capital of overbuild to investigate independence and the iraqi kurds on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. where ever you are. welcome back you're watching out here and time to recap the headlines turkey's

cannot come our way because of this big area of high pressure that has parked itself across the british islesair. it also stops as britney and the atlantic frontal systems. underneath this high, we have trapped a lot of pot. —— we have trapped a lot of pot. —— we have trap a lot of cloud. for eastern and southern scotland, northern england, wales, the midlands, maybe parts of the west country, we're likely to seek some prolonged clear spells allowing us temperatures to drop. it has already become very cold across parts of scotland, as asia mentioned. —— as i mentioned. not as cold across the far east. more cloudier. maybe just the odd drizzly shower or parts of east anglia in the south of england. generally speaking tomorrow, a dry day. many early fog patches tends to clear. they may take a while to do so. we should see a little bit more in the way of sunshine developing as the day wears on. the cloud tending to break up, not that it will help the damages very much. as we go through thursday night, if indeed we do and the day with less cloud, more clear skies overhead, it is going to turn int

towards the start of the weekend, an area of low pressure is going to pass just to the north of the british isles friday night, into the first part of saturday, but that will tend to clear away, actually, leaving us with a lot of dry weather through the weekend. it will be fairly mild, fairly windy as well, and there is the chance of some rain at times in the north. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. and we're bringing you special coverage of donald trump's address to the nation. the president is expected to appeal directly to the american people — seeking support for his controversial border wall. afterwards, the democrats will give their response, calling for the us government to get back to work. yet the shutdown continues — it's been in effect for 17 days, with no end in sight. president trump is about to address the nation to make his case for why

towards the start of the weekend, an area of low pressure is going to pass just to the north of the british isleson friday night, into the first part of saturday, but that will tend to clear away, actually, leaving us with a lot of dry weather through the weekend. it will be fairly mild, fairly windy as well, and there is the chance of some rain at times in the north. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: the military is called in to help at heathrow airport after drone sightings temporarily grounded flights. a 14—year—old boy is stabbed to death after his moped crashed into a car in east london. a ban on unsolicited calls, texts and e—mails a campaign to make electronic appliances easier to fix, rather than let them go to waste. lights out for another energy supplier — the regulator ofgem says economy energy customers will be protected. but it's the ninth to go under in the space of a year. is enough being done to look after consumers? it's advantage tottenham after the first leg of their league cup semi—final against chelsea harry kane scor

seen the wait stuff and there is more in the forecast, some very cold air in places across the british islesds moving into the picture, this is an area of low pressure, and you probably don't need me to tell you probably don't need me to tell you that the cold weather equals snow. for some of us at least, not only snow in either, some five and some ice. so as we go through thursday and friday, there certainly is the potential for some travel disruption. now we are going to start thursday and a very cold now, because temperatures are continuing to drop away, clear starry skies for many, freezing fog patch is developing across parts has had in scotla nd developing across parts has had in scotland and tonight in england, maybe down into the midlands, widely well below freezing. maybe all the way down to —15 degrees and some shelter spots in scotland. so a cold frosty icy start to for it some tomorrow morning, some freezing fog patches as well, but actually for many it's not about biking day. some crisp winter sunshine, a scattering of winter showers for eastern and northern costs, but down to t

from thursday to friday, we bring this warm front further eastward across the british isles, that wills not too far away but friday will be a very different feeling day. double digit temperatures in some places. a lot of cloud, some patchy rain, a bit of brightness especially in the east, 10 degrees in newcastle, 11 for cardiff and plymouth. but rain picking up across western scotland leads in the day. during friday night and into saturday we bring this band of heavy rain south with strong winds. 0n the edge of the rain, we start to see snow, especially over high ground because as the rain pushes southwards, we open the door once again to some cold air. once that returns, it remains on sunday, also a windy day and it stays chilly into next week. this is beyond 100 days — with me, katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. our top stories. donald trump rejects calls to delay his state of the union address because of the government shutdown. president trump's former lawyer michael cohen has postponed his testimony to congress — claiming the president has issued threats again

towards the start of the weekend, an area of low pressure is going to pass just to the north of the british islesthe first part of saturday, but that will tend to clear away, actually, leaving us with a lot of dry weather through the weekend. it will be fairly mild, fairly windy as well, and there is the chance of some rain at times in the north. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: president trump addresses the nation, saying his controversial border wall is vital for america's security. this is a choice between right and wrong. justice and injustice. this is about whether we fulfil our sacred duty to the american citizens we serve. the democrats give their response, urging the president to reopen the federal government without delay. tonight and throughout this debate and throughout his presidency, president trump has appealed to fear, not facts, division not unity.

ben nevis, the highest mountain in the british isles, and for that reason extremely popular with walkers's day a student from bristol university fell 500 feet down the mountain from this path and was killed. her three companions were rescued by a coastguard helicopter. the helicopter managed to winch them from where they were on the crag, and i was below the crag, where, unfortunately, she had fallen. it was the second death in recent weeks. patrick boothroyd, who was 21, died in december. tens of thousands of people climb ben nevis every year. most use this path to the summit, which is relatively straightforward. but some, including the two students who died recently, attempt the rock faces and gullies on the northside. which even in the best weather are never free of risk. many new climbers use professional guides. this group was returning from the mountain from a training day. it is horrible to hear of accidents and fatalities in the mountains. especially as it is such a life—affirming thing to do. despite our best efforts we can't control everything. sometimes things go wrong fairly

ben nevis, the highest mountain in the british isles and, for that reason, extremely popular with walkersh face can be dangerous. this is what's known as the ledge route. on new year's day, a student from bristol university fell 500 feet down the mountain from this path and was killed. her three companions were rescued by a coastguard helicopter. the actual helicopter managed to winch them off the crag from where they were and i was below the crag, which was carn dearg buttress, where, unfortunately, she'd fallen. it was the second death in recent weeks. patrick boothroyd, who was 21, died in december. tens of thousands of people climb ben nevis every year. most use this path to the summit, which is relatively straightforward, but some, including the two students who died recently, attempt the rock faces and gullies on the north side, which, even in the best weather, are never free of risk. many new climbers use professional guides. this group is returning from the mountain after a training day. it's horrible to hear of accidents and fatalities in the mountains, especially because it's su

towards the start of the weekend, an area of low pressure is going to pass just to the north of the british islest, into the first part of saturday, but that will tend to clear away, actually, leaving us with a lot of dry weather through the weekend. it will be fairly mild, fairly windy as well, and there is the chance of some rain at times in the north. i'm babita sharma with bbc news: our top story: president trump prepares to make the case for his border wall in a national television address to the american people. he's expected to call for more congressional funding for the wall to end a partial government shutdown, which is now in its third week. here in britain, a no—deal brexit could have got much less likely. the government has been defeated in parliament, with mps voting for an amendment designed to thwart preparations for a no—deal departure. and this story is trending on bbc.com: the australian actress, margot robbie, is to play barbie in a new film about the iconic doll. it's the first time the toy‘s been brought to the big screen in what's going to be a big yearfor her. barbie turns

towards the start of the weekend, an area of low pressure is going to pass just to the north of the british islesthe first part of saturday, but that will tend to clear away, actually, leaving us with a lot of dry weather through the weekend. it will be fairly mild, fairly windy as well, and there is the chance of some rain at times in the north. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: donald trump prepares to appeal directly to americans to support a mexico border wall and end the government shutdown — its impact is biting hard. if we were more appreciated, then this whole situation wouldn't exist. we wouldn't be held hostage for whatever anybody wants. mps inflict a brexit defeat on the british government, thwarting the possibility of leaving europe without a deal. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: the mystery of the missing north korean ambassador continues. now a former colleague urges jo song—gil to defect to the south.

snow blanketed large swathes of the british isles giving the coldest march day on record.f keep calm and carry on, it is from this bus driver and her quick reactions in scotland. the big freeze covered much of europe as well, giving rome its biggest no—fault in decades. of course that means a mass sloth all —— snowball fight. the uk went on to experience its warmest april day since 1919 and the hottest may day holiday weekend on record. by summer a the hottest may day holiday weekend on record. by summer a severe heatwave on record. by summer a severe heatwave was under way. this is japan temperatures rose above 41,000 yea rs japan temperatures rose above 41,000 years for the first time here. by early august parts of iberia are in the grip of extreme heat. this is portugal with temperatures broke the 46 celsius mark for the bank in the uk that drives start to summer on record terms the land and green to brown. —— back in the uk. the wildfires are some of the worst in living memory on the scale of the devastation is hard to believe. some 28 in goes on to become the uk postg

cold air gripping the british isles.r and that brings the potential for some snow. and that brings the potential for some snow. not only snow in the forecast, some ice and freezing fog, a combination that could give us travel disruption over the next couple of day. we are starting thursday on a very cold night. a widespread frost, some freezing fog patches here and there. and also the potential for some patches here and there. and also the potentialfor some ice. but patches here and there. and also the potential for some ice. but for patches here and there. and also the potentialfor some ice. but for most it is not about looking day. some spells of crisp winter sunshine. however into the south—west we start to strengthen the wind. getting quite windy in the south—west. and this frontal system into the picture, rain initially, but snow likely, especially the high ground for the seth delmer south—west of england and wales. and into thursday evening we push the rain, sleet and increasingly snow north eastwards, into london,

the atlantic air is succeeding in bringing warms to spain and portugal read tools for times of british isles of all that and all the cuts in but it's all blowing up against what was a fairly cold block says a spell of snow significant snow to come followed by rain and snow likely in greece and turkey to with sunder storms bringing rain also bore likely to run you over night the snow you see is closest to ensure more than half me just seems likely in the alps and rundowns was the balkans and then the cold blast comes off that will get colder still single figures and a bit of a breeze but that will feel more like winter without a six in london with down to twelve madrid i say down to so pretty good as bad approach to the most significant weather probably the persistent stuff with this here spinning sunday storms wind and rain through crete greece and turkey it's also affecting the coasts of tunisia and will do so for libya for the next i think day and a half. the weather sponsored by cattle and nice. lead on line i want to start here on my laptop with a tweet or if you join us on sat there was

was still getting up to double figures for london proud of the rain parting in that cross the british isles as you move through the weekend in place not say mild across northern parts of africa still some lively winds there in. bits and pieces of rain still on the cards as is the case too into northern areas of libya that right eases its way a little further eastward it's by the end of the weekend. saudi who's never been a real. foreign investment approach or the reserve growth rule early understanding or others that. they own those shares your company or the people but. you're watching al-jazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories venezuela's military has reiterated its support for president nicolas maduro saying attempts to remove him amount to a cool opposition leader who has declared himself interim president with u.s. backing is still pushing the door to resign and says he'll consider amnesty if he goes quietly the afghan taliban has named one of its co-founders as the leader of its political office in qatar abdul ghani baradar is expected to join negotiations with the us whi

also affecting western parts of the continent little speckling of cloud just coming in across the british isles over the next few days that would introduce some rather more wintry weather but the real wintry weather has been over towards the southern parts of potent last week so huge amounts of snow fall the chance that they go out now you can see the skies are clear crisp sunshine coming through it is going to stay briefly cult separatists in warsaw struggling to get to modest three celsius on tuesday that raised the top ten from moscow just minus the a there we go with the snow continuing down towards the balkans dark out see some heavy snow wet windy weather around the a tragic southern parts of italy to say some rather wet weather to come into northern areas of spy some heavy snow there still affecting parts of the low countries in sioux were from sinking further south which as we go through the next day i'll say cold dead beginning behind london with a top temperature four degrees but betty two in paris. the weather sponsored by cat time release. in the next episode of techno the team trav

which drives weather systems in our direction is currently travelling a long way north of the british islesgs are settled. it is trapping a loss of cloud underneath it and these big areas of cloud will continue to circulate throughout saturday. will be some breaks in the clouds, chiefly across the west country for a time through the morning, then north—east scotland and england likely to see the lion share of any sunshine. elsewhere it expect a pretty cloudy saturday afternoon and those temperatures well down in single digits. a change in the north—west on saturday night, this band of cloud and patchy rain will sink across northern ireland and scotland, tending to fizzle, but feeding figallo cloud in across england and wales. not as cold as the last couple of nights. into sunday, we'll have the remnants of that weak frontal system, a band sunday, we'll have the remnants of that weakfrontal system, a band of

it was a largely dried but often quite cloudy, a lot of cloud feeding its way across the british isles country here, we could see some frost for eastern scotland in northeast england, but elsewhere, generally a lot of cloud. the mildest weather across the far northwest of scotland with a feed of winds coming off the atlantic. we start saturday for most of us on a chilly note, but cloudy note, best chance of sunshine across parts of the west country early in the day. also for north east scotland and down the east coast of england. temperature wise, we will struggle a bit, 5—8d at best. a bit of rain to move through during saturday night in the north, sunday cloudy day, largely dry. 0f in the north, sunday cloudy day, largely dry. of those temperatures a little bit higher. at ten 0'clock reeta chakrabarti will be here with a full round up of the days news. first on bbc news, who's looking after mum and dad? in this special programme, riaz khan explains why looking after his gravely ill father and bedridden mother in their home is a family duty, bound to his culture. i was no model son. g

towards the start of the weekend, an area of low pressure is going to pass just to the north of the british isleseas on friday night, into the first part of saturday, but that will tend to clear away, actually, leaving us with a lot of dry weather through the weekend. it will be fairly mild, fairly windy as well, and there is the chance of some rain at times in the north. this is the briefing — i'm sally bundock. our top story: president trump addresses the nation — saying his controversial mexican border wall is vital for america's security. this is a choice between right and wrong, justice and injustice, this is about whether we fulfil our sacred duty to the american citizens we serve. to the american citizens we serve. the democrats give their response, urging the president to re—open the federal government without delay. tonight and throughout this debate and throughout his presidency, president trump has appealed to fear, not facts, division not unity.

not able to bring it in our direction because of this area of high pressure parked across the british islesg the progress of atla ntic but also blocking the progress of atlantic weather systems. so lots of dry weather few than —— through the next few days, often cloudy, with sunshine at times, and if you have clear skies overhead at night there is likely to be some frost and potentially freezing fog as well. so a bit ofa potentially freezing fog as well. so a bit of a mishmash of weather. that's what we see on thursday. there will be cloudy areas, there will be foggy areas through the morning and sunni areas too. and as we get into the afternoon i am hopeful we will see the cloud breaking up —— sunny. very light winds, but temperatures really struggling, 4— seven in most places. not quite as cold in the north—west. here, we have something of an atla ntic here, we have something of an atlantic influence. thursday night into friday, with light wind, we will see fog patches and more clear skies overhead, meaning a cold night for many. notice the blue colours on the chart. these are town and ci

towards the start of the weekend, an area of low pressure is going to pass just to the north of the british islesday night, into the first part of saturday, but that will tend to clear away, actually, leaving us with a lot of dry weather through the weekend. it will be fairly mild, fairly windy as well, and there is the chance of some rain at times in the north. the latest headlines for you from bbc news: president trump has made a tv address from the oval office to press his case for a wall on the southern border between the us and mexico. it was an election campaign promise, but he insisted then that mexico would pay for it. now he wants billion of dollars from congress instead and the political row over that has partially shut down the government, leaving hundreds of thousands of federal employees without pay. after the president, a broadcast response from the democrats in congress. speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, and chuck schumer, minority leader in the senate, accused the president of malice, and urged him to re—open the government as soon as possible. mps have defeated the british gove

towards the start of the weekend, an area of low pressure is going to pass just to the north of the british islesght, into the first part of saturday, but that will tend to clear away, actually, leaving us with a lot of dry weather through the weekend. it will be fairly mild, fairly windy as well, and there is the chance of some rain at times in the north. this is bbc news. the headlines: president donald trump has given an address on us television to make the case for his southern border wall. he outlined the scale of the humanitarian and security crisis and asked for more congressionalfunding. it was an election campaign promise that he insisted mexico would pay for. he has partially shut down the government leaving hundreds of thousands of employees without pay. after the president's address, a response was broadcast from the democrats. speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, and democratic senate leader chuck schumer did the honours. they accused the president of malice, and urged him to re—open the government as soon as possible. the uk government's narrowly lost a commons vote by mps who want t

still to play for but the low pressure looks likely to be in charge around the vicinity of the british islesooks . to

would towards the west still quite a cold northerly wind coming down across a good part of the british isles into france digging down into spain and portugal still some snow there just around the peyronie's fabulous no that is spinning out of the low countries and they will ease its way down to ward c. balkans and some heavy rain across the balkans for a time quite a stiff wind into central possible makes its way eastwards to the increasingly wet and windy across a good parts of greece and athens at around fifteen celsius for what that's worth on shoes days a very wet weather also making its way into western parts of france by this stage just developing an area of low pressure has been named a storm cable that'll bring some very nasty conditions across western france as we go through chews day and into awareness day further south in circuit pos of north africa as nazi babbie you can see in there is a class still affect in the far north of algeria the chance of some sherry rain coming through here fifteen such as the high in algeria. the weather sponsored by cats on a race. and the next episo

thirty six hours or so we are going to see some of the wintry weather making its way in across the british isles snow already showing its head across some very good weather coming down across wales the southwest approaches of england down into that western side of france indeed into northern areas of spain and portugal some very disturbed weather here london and paris just four degrees celsius system. switching say snow there for a good part of wales a good part of england pushing across into the low countries dry weather comes back in behind for friday but it's going to be bitterly cold lots of ice to watch out for as well those temperatures will stay down the lead. it into the weekend cold enough to just around the outside to see some more snow coming through here some wet windy weather into the western side of the mediterranean further race there we go with moderate to celsius for kiev minus two there for moscow as for the temperatures starting to fall away meanwhile temps just picking up across northern parts of africa will see highs in algiers the eighteen celsius and rising. the plundering

maximum temperature in london just of six degrees on thursday but at least for many parts of the british isles it will be a crisp fine winter's day this weather system there is going to change all that as we head through thursday night and into friday it's going to give us some snow i'm a leading edge where it bumps into that cold air but behind it it will be tending malda and roll the wet windy elsewhere across here for the east impost in a few outbreaks of snow to worry about on friday but not that widespread relentless type that we've had recently river the south and force here this in far brighter weather now particularly across parts of turkey and stretching down the east coast of the mediterranean further south and we've got a bit of cloud hey that's making its way across parts of libya but not bringing us too much in the way of heavy rain over the coast about geria though there is a bit more cloud here and that will be thickening up on friday maybe enough to bring us the old spots of rain for the central belt of africa plenty of sunshine here at the moment but still want to have those s