now on these thunderstorms, really vicious storms for a time, potentially across the channel islands,o the isle of wight, and then affecting the east, the south east that is, of england. we do think that they will probably veer off towards the east—northeast, so missing most of the south east of england. and i think anyway, for many of us through the course of thursday, it is going to be a mixture of sunny spells and showers. so most of us will not get the storms on thursday. temperatures, 17 celsius in glasgow, about 18 celsius in liverpool. still holding onto some of that warmth there in the southeast, 2a celsius. and then on friday, if you look at the wind arrows, here's the clue, the air�*s coming in from the north. sunny spells and showers, those temperatures around 16—17 celsius in scotland. in the south, 19—21 celsius, and i think we'll lose some of that humidity, so it won't feel quite as warm. and here is the outlook through the weekend and into next week — cooler. bye— bye. live from washington, this is bbc news. questions swirl and drama grows over the reported death of wag

tomorrow morning to make it noisy for the channel islands with some thunderstorms here, they will thenes, northern england, into northern ireland and for central and eastern areas of scotland. for many of us, temperatures around average for the time of year. by the end of the week, it's still a north—south split across europe in terms of heat and conditions. cooler weather will prevail across northern areas, but across central and southern europe the heatwave will continue into friday. for parts of spain we are still likely to see temperatures close to 40 celsius. but across the uk, it's a freshening feel — northerly winds, particularly for northern and western areas, will make it feel cooler. there will be a lot of dry weather, there will be sunshine, but some of the showers that we see developing through the day on friday are likely to be very heavy and with the odd rumble of thunder. cooler conditions, too, towards the southeast, but here, largely dry — temperatures falling back to about 20—21 celsius. it will be a similar picture into saturday, the northerly winds stay with us. the

gusts of around a0 or 50 miles an hour, 50 to 60 perhaps across parts of northern france and the channel islands trees down and a few ferries across the channel could be affected by those strong winds and large waves as well. across northern scotland, that's probably where we'll have the best of the dry weather with some sunshine coming through. temperatures not that special across the north, not that special anywhere, to be honest. highs of about 17—21. that low pressure pulls away and for thursday the winds get a bit stronger in northern ireland for a time, but elsewhere the winds will gradually calm down. but it'll still be quite a blustery kind of day on thursday, a day of bright spells and passing showers. as you can see, as we work deeper into the first week of august, no real change — it stays unsettled. live from washington. this is bbc news. two of niger's neighbours say any military intervention after the coup is a declaration of war on them. we take you to the frontline of the war in ukraine with a team of elite snipers. and support builds for the deployment of a multinational police

and overnight could see an area of thundery rain move through the channel, certainly for the channel islandss of light and patchy rain, quite a mild, muggy night to come in the south. a little bit fresher across scotland where we have clear skies for friday. then we have that weather front lying across southern scotland, northern ireland, northern england, to the north of it, sunnier with one or two showers and an improving picture for the rest of england and wales. we should see the sunshine emerging into the afternoon. some good sunny spells around and just one or two showers. the odd heavier one. and feeling warmer, 22 degrees across the southeast. as we head through the weekend, though, high pressure builds in. it will be largely dry and sunny for most of us. we lose that weather front as we move through friday night, saturday and sunday, high pressure with us. but these weather fronts will continue to flirt with the north west of the uk to bring stronger winds and outbreaks of rain, especially on sunday. saturday, we have some mist and fog to contend with, that should melt away. lots of

even stronger for northern france and the channel islands, where we could see gusts of 60—odd miles ans, so you might find some localised disruption. you might also see the ferries running with even some cancellations or delays, so it might be worth checking before travelling if you have plans that way. there'll be plenty of heavy downpours for england and wales, some thunder mixed in, some really heavy downpours. but for northern scotland, well, this is probably where the brightest, driest weather is going to be. you'll manage a little bit of sunshine. it probably won't be too bad a day. now, through wednesday night, the worst of the rain clears away eastwards, but you can still see some tightly packed isobars across the uk as we head into thursday. it will be a blustery day, with some of the strongest winds this time heading into northern ireland, driving in frequent showers here. there'll also be loads of showers for northern areas of scotland. but across inland areas, you probably have to wait, really, until the afternoon until we start to see those showers become really widespread

now on these thunderstorms, really vicious storms for a time, potentially across the channel islands,l, heading roughly to the isle of wight, and then affecting the east, the south east that is, of england. we do think that they will probably veer off towards the east—northeast, so missing most of the south east of england. and i think anyway, for many of us through the course of thursday, it is going to be a mixture of sunny spells and showers. so most of us will not get the storms on thursday. temperatures, i7 celsius in glasgow, about 18 celsius in liverpool. still holding onto some of that warmth there in the southeast, 2a celsius. and then on friday, if you look at the wind arrows, here's the clue, the air�*s coming in from the north. sunny spells and showers, those temperatures around 16—17 celsius in scotland. in the south, 19—21 celsius, and i think we'll lose some of that humidity, so it won't feel quite as warm. and here is the outlook through the weekend and into next week — cooler. bye— bye. live from milwaukee, wisconsin, this is a bbc special from the first republican pr

now on these thunderstorms, really vicious storms for a time, potentially across the channel islands,ffecting the east, the south east that is, of england. we do think that they will probably veer off towards the east—northeast, so missing most of the south east of england. and i think anyway, for many of us through the course of thursday, it is going to be a mixture of sunny spells and showers. so most of us will not get the storms on thursday. temperatures, 17 celsius in glasgow, about 18 celsius in liverpool. still holding onto some of that warmth there in the southeast, 2a celsius. and then on friday, if you look at the wind arrows, here's the clue, the air�*s coming in from the north. sunny spells and showers, those temperatures around 16—17 celsius in scotland. in the south, 19—21 celsius, and i think we'll lose some of that humidity, so it won't feel quite as warm. and here is the outlook through the weekend and into next week — cooler. bye— bye. this is bbc news. we will have all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour as newsday continues straight after hardtalk.

now, that is to affect our coastline across the southwest, southern counties of england, the channel islandso 55 mph, locally with exposure, up to 60 miles an hour. meteo france, because of the effects it is having in north—west france, have actually named this system storm patricia. so, for us, we've got the rain continuing to push over to the east, lingering across north—east england, heavy showers pushing over to the south—east, some of those thundery. for scotland and for northern ireland and for parts of wales, it will brighten up as we go through the afternoon. but nonetheless, there will still be some showers. through this evening and overnight, rain pushes away from the south—east, we have the wind change direction to northerly, pulling in some cloud and also some showers and these are our overnight lows, 12 to 1a degrees. as we go through tomorrow, what you'll find is the low pressure will have moved away, we are all in this northerly or north—westerly air stream, it's going to be a blustery day and, once again, it is going to be a mixture of bright spells, areas of cloud, some sunn

thundery rain move through the channel this evening and overnight scraping the south coast, the channel islandsing rain. the weather front begins to move northwards lying across central parts of the uk by the end of the night. quite mild and muggy in the south, tonight cooler with the clear skies in scotland. tomorrow, the weather front lying across northern ireland, southern scotland and northern england so patchy rain here. to the north of it bright, one or two showers and to the south, sky is brightening up, sunny spells and a scattering of showers. because there is more sunshine around, up to 22 degrees in central and southern areas, the high teens further north. for the weekend it's looking pretty good, i haven't said that in a while. high pressure building on, largely dry and sunny. this is the pressure chart for saturday and sunday. there is a chance of these weather fronts and low pressure just skirting the north—west quarter of the uk as we head into sunday but saturday starts off mainly dry, some mist and fog around which will tend to clear, lots of sunshine in the afternoon. more ple

gradually the rain is eating, into the afternoon across the south—west of the channel islands. in northern scotland, we cut to catch a shower anywhere, it could be heavy and thundery. south—east scotland and northern england, the west midlands, in particular. temperatures today, 15 to 21 degrees. as we head through the evening and overnight, the show is that you can see in the charts move steadily towards the east. clearer skies in the west and south, fewer showers, clearer skies in the west and south, fewershowers, breezy clearer skies in the west and south, fewer showers, breezy as well especially in the west. these are the overnight temperatures, ten to 13. tomorrow the east will see many of the showers, especially lincolnshire, east anglia and the south—east, but they could be heavy and thundery here. tomorrow towards the west, clearer but then a band of rain building into ireland. if you are looking into something drier and warmer, maybe wednesday, thursday next week is looking promising at the moment. the single biggest cycling event in history starts today in glasgow, wi

get down the channel islands today. probably not. that's a lot of drive.you just want to take a drive up to the oakland hills, we got some clear skies up there. now and got some great hikes up there around the berkeley hills right above uc berkeley, which is you can see is cleared out very nicely. little bit of stratus clouds near the coastline at this point about are only gray spots are at the coast and right through the golden gate. now heat advisories are making their return this weekend to southern california, stretching all the way to the gulf south and the great plains where it's just been hot. that high pressure ridge has been built up that direction. but today we warm back up and as we move into tomorrow, the real he gets here saturday through monday is the core of this heat spike with 90's to triple digits inland 60's near the bayshore and the coastline. today's daytime highs won't change much for san francisco. you do get more sunshine in the bay, though. and we will see a little bit of sunshine near the coast. 70's for the bayshore ample sunshin

now on these thunderstorms, really vicious storms for a time, potentially across the channel islands,nd then affecting the east, the south east that is, of england. we do think that they will probably veer off towards the east—northeast, so missing most of the south east of england. and i think anyway, for many of us through the course of thursday, it is going to be a mixture of sunny spells and showers. so most of us will not get the storms on thursday. temperatures, 17 celsius in glasgow, about 18 celsius in liverpool. still holding onto some of that warmth there in the southeast, 2a celsius. and then on friday, if you look at the wind arrows, here's the clue, the air�*s coming in from the north. sunny spells and showers, those temperatures around 16—17 celsius in scotland. in the south, 19—21 celsius, and i think we'll lose some of that humidity, so it won't feel quite as warm. and here is the outlook through the weekend and into next week — cooler. bye— bye. welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm monica miller. the headlines... yevgeny prigozhin — head of russia's

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we could see some thunderstorms coming in across the channel islands, moving up across the channel islands. at the same time, rain in northern scotland and some of it could be thundering. a humid night to come. tomorrow, we have rain in the far north of scotland. showers will clear quickly away from the south—east and in between, a day of variable cloud, sunny spells and some showers. and temperatures tomorrow ranging from 1a to about 24. tomorrow ranging from 14 to about 24. so still feeling humid across england and wales. friday, rain in the north of the country, windy here, as well. it changes direction to a northerly. we could see thunderstorms from some of the showers further south and in between, sunny skies. and the temperatures, 14—22. so a little bit fresher as we heard from friday into the weekend. that is quite a spread of temperatures. after more than 14 hours stuck in a cable car that was dangling over a ravine, eight people have finally been brought to safety in pakistan. six schoolchildren were among those rescued in the northwest of the country after a cable snapped. 0ur pa

evening of overnight could see an area of thundery rain move through the channel certainly for the channel islandsght to come in the south, a little bit fresher across scotland where we have clear skies for friday. then we have that weather front lying across southern scotland, northern ireland, northern england, to the north of it, sunnier with one or two showers and an improving picture for the rest of england and wales. we should see the sunshine emerging into the afternoon. some good sunny spells around and just one or two showers. the odd heavier one. feeling warmer, 22 degrees across the southeast. as we head through the weekend, though, high pressure builds in. it will be largely dry and sunny for most of us. we lose that weather front as we move through friday night, saturday and sunday, high pressure with us. but these weather fronts will continue to flirt with the north west of the uk to bring stronger winds and outbreaks of rain, especially on sunday. saturday, we have some mist and fog to contend with, that should melt away. lots of sunshine, more cloud, breeze across the northwest of

so tomorrow morning, it may get a little bit noisy for the channel islands with some thunderstorms heresettled conditions. cooler weather will prevail across northern areas, but across central and southern europe, the heatwave will continue into friday — for parts of spain, for example, we're likely to still see temperatures close to a0 celsius. but across the uk, it's a freshening feel — northerly winds, particularly for northern and western areas, will make it feel cooler. there will be a lot of dry weather, there will be sunshine, but some of the showers that we see developing through the day on friday are likely to be very heavy and with the odd rumble of thunder. cooler conditions, too, towards the southeast, but here, largely dry — temperatures falling back to about 20—21 celsius. it will be a similar picture into saturday, the northerly winds stay with us. there will be quite a bit of dry weather and sunshine — but again, the scattered showers that pop up through the day on saturday, i wouldn't be surprised to get some thunder and lightning mixed in. but for many of us, temperatu

gusts of around a0 or 50 miles an hour, 50 to 60 perhaps across parts of northern france and the channel islandstrees down in the ferries across the channel could be affected by those strong winds and large waves as well. across northern scotland, that's probably where we'll have the best of the dry weather with some sunshine coming through. temperatures not that special across the north, not that special anywhere to be honest. highs of about 17—21. that low pressure pulls away and for thursday the winds get a bit stronger in northern ireland for a time, but elsewhere the winds will gradually calm down. but it'll still be quite a blustery kind of day on thursday, a day of bright spells and passing showers. and as you can see, as we work deeper into the first week of august, there's no real change. china's restrictions on two rare earths used in the chip—making process takes effect from today. and officials roll out more measures to boost the chinese economy, as the latest data showed continued slowing. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm monica miller. starting from today, the 1st of

the channel islands has seen some of the evidence of that. if we look at the satellite and radar picture, we can see an intense thunderstorm that has been pushing across the north—west of france. some of that thundery rain is grazing into southern and eastern parts of england and will continue to do so through the rest of the afternoon. still some quite warm and humid air in place for the time being. further north and west, a cooler and fresher feel. a being. further north and west, a cooler and fresherfeel. a mix being. further north and west, a cooler and fresher feel. a mix of sunny spells and showers. quite a few showers across the western side of scotland. this evening tonight, we see this band of cloud pushing across the south—east corner. further north and west, certainly efficient night in prospect. clear spells and one or two showers to take us into tomorrow morning. for tomorrow, low pressure is set to be in charge of the scene, but this doesn't mean rain all the time. there will be some showers, but dry gaps in between. but with th

gusts of around a0 or 50 miles an hour, 50 to 60 perhaps across parts of northern france and the channel islands few trees down and a few ferries across the channel could be affected by those strong winds and large waves as well. across northern scotland, that's probably where we'll have the best of the dry weather with some sunshine coming through. temperatures not that special across the north, not that special anywhere, to be honest. highs of about 17—21. that low pressure pulls away and for thursday the winds get a bit stronger in northern ireland for a time, but elsewhere the winds will gradually calm down. but it'll still be quite a blustery kind of day on thursday, a day of bright spells and passing showers. as you can see, as we work deeper into the first week of august, no real change — it stays unsettled. this is bbc news. the latest news and headlines follow at the top of the hour, after this programme. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. and today i'm in west sussex in the south of england. this land, 25 years ago, was intensively farmed, but today it's an internationally acclai

now on these thunderstorms, really vicious storms for a time, potentially across the channel islands,ing the east, the south east that is, of england. we do think that they will probably veer off towards the east—northeast, so missing most of the south east of england. and i think anyway, for many of us through the course of thursday, it is going to be a mixture of sunny spells and showers. so most of us will not get the storms on thursday. temperatures, 17 celsius in glasgow, about 18 celsius in liverpool. still holding onto some of that warmth there in the southeast, 24 celsius. and then on friday, if you look at the wind arrows, here's the clue, the air�*s coming in from the north. sunny spells and showers, those temperatures around 16—17 celsius in scotland. in the south, 19—21 celsius, and i think we'll lose some of that humidity, so it won't feel quite as warm. and here is the outlook through the weekend and into next week — cooler. bye— bye. much forjoining us. thank you for having me. _ voice-over: this is bbc news. we will have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, wh

that will effect our coastline across the southwest, southern counties of england, the channel islands the north—west france and have named the system storm patricia. we have got the rain continuing to push over to the east, lingering across north—east england, heavy showers pushing over to the south—east, some thundering. for scotland and northern ireland and parts of wales, it will brighten up as we go through the afternoon. nonetheless, still some showers. this evening and overnight, rain pitches away from the south—east, the wind changes direction to northerly billing and cloud and showers and these are our temperatures, 12 to 1a degrees overnight. as we go through tomorrow, low pressure will have moved away, we are in a northerly or north—westerly air stream, a blustery day and a mixture of bright spells, areas of cloud, sunny spells and showers. a lot of the showers will be in the north and west, some getting into central areas, some will miss them all together and have a dry day. in the wind it will feel cool a dry day. in the wind it will feel cool, temperature is below average

gusts of around a0 or 50 miles an hour, 50 to 60 perhaps across parts of northern france and the channel islands those strong winds and large waves as well. across northern scotland, that's probably where we'll have the best of the dry weather with some sunshine coming through. temperatures not that special across the north, not that special anywhere, to be honest. highs of about 17—21. that low pressure pulls away and for thursday the winds get a bit stronger in northern ireland for a time, but elsewhere the winds will gradually calm down. but it'll still be quite a blustery kind of day on thursday, a day of bright spells and passing showers. as you can see, as we work deeper into the first week of august, no real change — it stays unsettled. good morning, welcome to breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. 0ur headlines. the price of stronger alcohol increases as the government changes the way drinks are taxed. it drinks are taxed. is day one of the great british beer it is day one of the great british beer festival. it is day one of the great british beerfestival. 0ne it is day one of the grea

now on these thunderstorms, really vicious storms for a time, potentially across the channel islands,hat is, of england. we do think that they will probably veer off towards the east—northeast, so missing most of the south east of england. and i think anyway, for many of us through the course of thursday, it is going to be a mixture of sunny spells and showers. so most of us will not get the storms on thursday. temperatures, 17 celsius in glasgow, about 18 celsius in liverpool. still holding onto some of that warmth there in the southeast, 24 celsius. and then on friday, if you look at the wind arrows, here's the clue, the air�*s coming in from the north. sunny spells and showers, those temperatures around 16—17 celsius in scotland. in the south, 19—21 celsius, and i think we'll lose some of that humidity, so it won't feel quite as warm. and here is the outlook through the weekend and into next week — cooler. bye— bye. good morning, welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. 0ur headlines today. yevgeny prigozhin — the man who led a failed mutiny against vladimir puti

even stronger for northern france and the channel islands, where we could see gusts of 60—odd miles ant find some localised disruption. you might also see the ferries running with even some cancellations or delays, so it might be worth checking before travelling if you have plans that way. there'll be plenty of heavy downpours for england and wales, some thunder mixed in, some really heavy downpours. but for northern scotland, well, this is probably where the brightest, driest weather is going to be. you'll manage a little bit of sunshine. it probably won't be too bad a day. now, through wednesday night, the worst of the rain clears away eastwards, but you can still see some tightly packed isobars across the uk as we head into thursday. it will be a blustery day, with some of the strongest winds this time heading into northern ireland, driving in frequent showers here. there'll also be loads of showers for northern areas of scotland. but across inland areas, you probably have to wait, really, until the afternoon until we start to see those showers become really widespread and heavy. no

light wind, generally dry and bright weather for most of whether you are is a ruler work of the channel islandther it will last through saturday and into sunday as this rather elongated area of high pressure develops across the uk. actually it is centred right across us during the course of sunday for the winds blowing around the area of high pressure. right in the area of high pressure. right in the middle in fact i suspect for some this means clear blue skies on a up decent temperatures at pushing 20 celsius widely across scotland and into the low 20s across a cell. is this high pressure can alaska's mac it does look as though it will it will into next week. quite a big year of high pressure stretching from the central and north atlantic across the uk and further into more eastern parts there are loads trying to push and from the south. at the moment it does look as though the outlook for next week is looking generally dry and bright with that area of high pressure. pleasant temperatures, high teens or low 20s. pretty much across the board. that's it for me. thanks for watching. welcome to n

this mornings rain across the south—west and the channel islands continuing to pull away.ttered. some heavy ones across south—east scotland, northern england and also the west midlands. top temperatures up to 21. through this evening and overnight, the showers will tend to move from central parts of the country over toward the east. allowing clearer skies with fewer showers in the west. still quite blustery, though. 0vernight lows 10—14. a little bit cooler than last night. tomorrow, eastern parts of england producing some showers here and there. lincolnshire, east anglia, the south—east, brighter skies with fewer showers in the north and west. then the cloud. to build in northern ireland ahead of this next system coming our way. temperatures, 13—20. the next system coming our way is another area of low pressure. that will push across us, overnight friday into saturday, positioning and timing can change that this is what we think at the moment. heavy rain sweeping across us to all but the far north of scotland. it's going to be windy with the strongest winds especially wit

even stronger for northern france and the channel islands, where we could see gusts of 60—odd miles anyou might also see the ferries running with even some cancellations or delays, so it might be worth checking before travelling if you have plans that way. there'll be plenty of heavy downpours for england and wales, some thunder mixed in, some really heavy downpours. but for northern scotland, well, this is probably where the brightest, driest weather is going to be. you'll manage a little bit of sunshine. it probably won't be too bad a day. now, through wednesday night, the worst of the rain clears away eastwards, but you can still see some tightly packed isobars across the uk as we head into thursday. it will be a blustery day, with some of the strongest winds this time heading into northern ireland, driving in frequent showers here. there'll also be loads of showers for northern areas of scotland. but across inland areas, you probably have to wait, really, until the afternoon until we start to see those showers become really widespread and heavy. now, it's not going to be the warmes

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the storms could be vicious from the channel islands from the isle of wight into the south—east as well extreme south—eastern part of the country and the rest of us, through the morning and into the afternoon it is a mixture of sunshine and occasional showers. beautiful

the rain across the southwest and channel islands continuing to pull away, in between we will see furtherorthern england and the west midlands. top temperatures up to 21 degrees. through this evening and overnight, these showers will move from central parts of the country to the east. this will allow clear skies and future errors in the west. blustery though. overnight, 13 or 1a celsius, cooler than last night. we have extensive cloud across eastern england, producing showers, heavy and thundery in lincolnshire, east anglia, the south—east, bright skies with fewer showers in the north and west, the cloud will build the northern ireland ahead of the next system. temperatures 13 to 20 celsius. the next system is another area of low pressure pushing across as overnight friday into saturday. the position and timing might change but this is what we think at the moment. heavy rain sweeping across to all but the far north of scotland. windy as well, the strongest winds in the west and through the english channel. it could prove to be more windy than it was yesterday with 61 mph. temperatures 13

and overnight could see an area of thundery rain move through the channel, certainly for the channel islands a mild, muggy night to come in the south. a little bit fresher across scotland where we have clear skies. for friday, then, we have that weather front lying across southern scotland, northern ireland, northern england, to the north of it, sunnier with one or two showers and an improving picture for the rest of england and wales. we should see the sunshine emerging into the afternoon. some good sunny spells around and just one or two showers. the odd heavier one. and feeling warmer, 22 degrees across the southeast. as we head through the weekend, though, high pressure builds in. it will be largely dry and sunny for most of us. we lose that weather front as we move through friday night, saturday and sunday, high pressure with us. but these weather fronts will continue to flirt with the north west of the uk to bring stronger winds and outbreaks of rain, especially on sunday. saturday, we have some mist and fog to contend with, that should melt away. lots of sunshine, more cloud breeze ac

gusts of around 40 or 50 miles an hour, 50 to 60 perhaps across parts of northern france and the channel islands waves as well. across northern scotland, that's probably where we'll have the best of the dry weather with some sunshine coming through. temperatures not that special across the north, not that special anywhere to be honest. highs of about 17—21. that low pressure pulls away and for thursday the winds get a bit stronger in northern ireland for a time, but elsewhere the winds will gradually calm down. but it'll still be quite a blustery kind of day on thursday, a day of bright spells and passing showers. and as you can see, as we work deeper into the first week of august, there's no real change. it stays unsettled. china's restrictions on two rare earths used in the chip—making process takes effect from today. and officials roll out more measures to boost the economy, as the latest data showed continued slowing. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm monica miller. starting from today, the 1st of august, china's export restrictions on two materials key to the semiconductor indu

the channel islands has seen some of the evidence of that.shing across the north—west of france. some of that thundery rain is grazing into southern and eastern parts of england and will continue to do so through the rest of the afternoon. still some quite warm and humid air in place for the time being. further north and west, a cooler and fresher feel. a being. further north and west, a cooler and fresherfeel. a mix being. further north and west, a cooler and fresher feel. a mix of sunny spells and showers. quite a few showers across the western side of scotland. this evening tonight,

this morning's rain across the southwest and channel islands continuing to pull away.gland and also the west midlands. top temperatures, up to 21 degrees. through this evening and overnight, these showers will move from central parts of the country over towards the east, allowing clearer skies and fewer showers in the west. still quite blustery, though. overnight lows, 10 to about 13 or 14 celsius, a little bit cooler than last night. tomorrow then, we have extensive cloud across eastern england, producing showers here and there, heavy and thundery in lincolnshire, east anglia, the south—east, brighter skies with fewer showers in the north and west, the cloud will start to build in northern ireland ahead of the next system. temperatures 13 to 20 celsius. the next system coming our way is another area of low pressure pushing across us overnight friday into saturday. the position and timing might change but this is what we think at the moment. some heavy rain sweeping across us to all but the far north of scotland. windy as well, the strongest winds, especially with expo

that is going to affect our coastline across the southwest, southern counties of england and the channel islandsmph. meteo france, because of the effects it is having in northwest france, have actually named this system storm patricia. so, for us, we've got the rain continuing to push over to the east, lingering across northeast england, heavy showers pushing over to the southeast, some of those thundery. for scotland and for northern ireland and for parts of wales, it will brighten up as we go through the afternoon. but nonetheless, there will still be some showers. through this evening and overnight, rain pushes away from the southeast, we have the wind change direction to northerly, pulling in some cloud and also some showers and these are our overnight lows, 12 to ia degrees. as we go through tomorrow, what you'll find is the low pressure will have moved away, we are all in this northerly or northwesterly air stream, it's going to be a blustery day and, once again, it is going to be a mixture of bright spells, areas of cloud, some sunny spells and some showers. a lot of the showers will be i

gusts of around a0 or 50 miles an hour, 50 to 60 perhaps across parts of northern france and the channel islandscted by those strong winds and large waves as well. across northern scotland, that's probably where we'll have the best of the dry weather with some sunshine coming through. temperatures not that special across the north, not that special anywhere, to be honest. highs of about 17—21. that low pressure pulls away and for thursday the winds get a bit stronger in northern ireland for a time, but elsewhere the winds will gradually calm down. but it'll still be quite a blustery kind of day on thursday, a day of bright spells and passing showers. as you can see, as we work deeper into the first week of august, no real change — it stays unsettled. live from washington, this is bbc news. russia and ukraine exchange fresh drone strikes after a residental building was hit in president zelensky�*s hometown. two of niger's neighbours say any military intervention after the coup is a declaration of war on them. and a suicide bombing in pakistan highlights the rising instability in the region. hello

even stronger for northern france and the channel islands, where we could see gusts of 60—odd miles ane localised disruption. you might also see the ferries running with even some cancellations or delays, so it might be worth checking before travelling if you have plans that way. there'll be plenty of heavy downpours for england and wales, some thunder mixed in, some really heavy downpours. but for northern scotland, well, this is probably where the brightest, driest weather is going to be. you'll manage a little bit of sunshine. it probably won't be too bad a day. now, through wednesday night, the worst of the rain clears away eastwards, but you can still see some tightly packed isobars across the uk as we head into thursday. it will be a blustery day, with some of the strongest winds this time heading into northern ireland, driving in frequent showers here. there'll also be loads of showers for northern areas of scotland. but across inland areas, you probably have to wait, really, until the afternoon until we start to see those showers become really widespread and heavy. now, it's no