having afternoon, the east midlands having a dry day, but so and temperatures, if you are under varaneat this airflow bringing in showers, sufficient bridging in the pressure packing to mean the southern half of the uk will probably be dry, very few showers around, heavy with rain and thunder in the north—west before fading greater in the day. better temperatures for scotland and northern ireland but we are dropping again further south to 15 or 18 degrees. quite sharp change over the days ahead. hello, you're watching afternoon live, i'm simon mccoy. today at 2:00pm: the nuclear countdown — president trump prepares to announce whether he'll abandon a deal with iran, or re—impose sanctions. adding to brexit tensions — borisjohnson describes one of downing street's plans for customs controls as "crazy". give every 25—year—old £10,000 and make working pensioners pay more towards the nhs. the new proposals to reduce wealth inequality. i'd love to get my own place but the reality is, you will not until your late 20s, it if you are lucky. just the ticket? or totally off the rails? the latest

south—east england, the midlands and east anglia are seeing the highest temperatures.e here in regents park, sampling the delights that people are doing on this hot bank holiday monday. vladimir putin is sworn—in for a fourth term as president — promising to improve the lives of the russian people. extra police on patrol in london — after three separate shootings in just 2a hours leave 1 teenager dead and 3 others injured. starbucks will receive $7 billion from the swiss food giant, nestle, for the rights to market its products around the world. also: the rising cost of vanilla sending a chill down the spine of ice—cream makers. a worldwide crop shortage means the extract is now more expensive than silver. and click investigates the artificially intelligent software being used by police. that's in half an hour — here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the foreign secretary is in washington in an attempt to stop president donald trump abandoning the iran nuclear deal. boris johnson has appeared on a number of us tv networks, including the president's f

drier to the south—east and the north east midlands with afternoon spells of sunshine. , cooler around the east coast, but things will warm up with light wind and sunny spells as we head to the course of next week. this is bbc world news today. our top stories. north korea says it will start dismantling its nuclear test site in less than two weeks — and in full view of the world's media. iraqi first parliamentary election since the country declared victory over so—called islamic state passes off largely peacefully. turkey's president tells the bbc that president trump made the wrong decision in pulling out of the iran nuclear deal. and how this mini—helicopter — no bigger than a grapefruit — could well revolutionise the exploration of mars. north korea has announced it will dismantle its nuclear test

there will be some fog patches around coastal areas, maybe the east midlands.rning cloud tends to slowly clear away. the main risk of showers will be across southern counties of england but there's uncertainty how far in across the south they will get. it could even stay out into the english channel for the most part, but where they do form, there is potential for torrential bursts of rain and it could bring the best part of a month's rain in the space of a few hours and a threat of localised flooding. that's your weather. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00... a major clean—up operation is taking place in the west midlands after heavy rain and flash flooding. to see my neighbours going through this, again, it's awful. everything out on the street. many of them have only just moved back in from the flood, two years ago. i don't know how they're going to cope. a man in his 80s died after his car was submerged by flood water in walsall. and another driver was rescued earlierfrom his car on the same stretch of road by this man. he couldn't get out, so i opene

so high pressure towards the south—east and east anglia, the east midlands, cloud moving away from easternrn scotland and we have an atlantic influence in the far north—west but monday looks dry and brighter and sunnier and probably warmer. the low pressure heading out into the continent taking away the rain, looking at this height to exert the influence, but we have the weather front from the north west and that means more cloud for scotla nd and that means more cloud for scotland and northern ireland, maybe some drizzle, nothing very much. across the south and england and wales, dry and quite sunny. warmer, as well, possibly even 23 degrees. the week weather front continues its journey slowly around the edge of the high—pressure, further south and east over the uk on wednesday, so we may have rain to greet the day across northern england and wales, pushing through the midlands, but little or no rain, and then behind it we have slightly cooler and fresh air, so we start to see the temperatures dropping around that area of high pressure, so a colder high for the middle part of the week. bu

a better day for the south—east of england, east anglia and the east midlands compared to that clouderland, aberdeenshire at up towards the northern isles. elsewhere, not a bad day, any early showers clearing from the south—west, and 18 in the sunshine, feeling pleasant with light winds. 0vernight, we are likely to stay largely dry and clear, and there could be one or two showers on the east coast. quite a fresh start to your monday morning, temperatures down in single figures first thing, with light winds and clear skies. there could be some misty nest but that was clear. through the coming week, high pressure building, bringing a mainly dry theme, and it should still pleasa nt dry theme, and it should still pleasant in the sunshine. this is bbc news. i'm nkem ifejika. our top stories... a terrorist knife attack in paris leaves one person dead and at least four others injured. the so called islamic state say they did it. north korea announces plans to dismantle its nuclear test site within weeks. international experts and journalists are invited to watch. counting is under way after

eastern side of the country and the best sunshine on into the evening to be found through the east midlands and the south—east. here we do not have rain on towards small hours of thursday. clearer skies following on behind. a little bit fresher overnight then recent nights. there itself, the southern part of the uk under the influence of high—pressure which is settling things down. across scotland and northern ireland you will see the chance of passing shower but not by any means a right. the best of the weather across england and wales and those temperatures certainly much closer to the seasonal average. here is friday, we do the all again pushing in another set of weather in france into the western side of the british isles. the best of the weather across the eastern side of the pennines, east anglia and the south east. that's all from the bbc news at one — so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. have a good afternoon. good afternoon i'm holly hamilton. andy murray's long—awaited return to tennis has again run into difficulty. the two—time w

a few showers for east anglia, probably a slightly drier date towards the east midlands. 20 of sunshine western half of scotland. likely to see temperatures in the sunnier spells around 15—17d. as we look ahead towards the new working week, high—pressure starting to build. from the southwest, still an area of low pressure not far away across parts of france. because he just a few showers and fairly cloudy conditions in the southeast of england and east anglia for a time on monday. elsewhere, with that pressure building, sunshine and commercial search of the —— sunshine and temperatures will search with the little two. temperatures should shift. not a bad day at all, tuesday. a lot of dry, fine weather. a few spots of rain, dry and sunny and improved across many eastern areas. this temperatures doing pretty well come up to around 21 reports you degrees —— up around 21 01’ reports you degrees —— up around 21 or 22 degrees. next week is looking pretty decent. lots of dry with her, sunny spells and is temperatures will be up. bye—bye. this is bbc news. voting has ended in the first parliame

is coming up through kent and towards the greater london area and the south—east midlands.hat anywhere really in the southern parts of wales, done towards the southern counties, is at risk of seeing heavy downpours and the lightning we have ready scene. my the lightning we have ready scene. my brain behind the scenes is telling me we have had 2000 lightning strikes already in this episode so no great surprises. further north, no great issues with all of the above. a dry and chilly night in the heart of scotland. in eastern parts of england, you see the diagonal of the potential of thunderstorm activity stretching from northern ireland, down through wales, the midlands and down towards the south—east. fewer towards the south—west and a glorious day yet again for scotland, the north—east of england and somewhere, it will get around 25 degrees. we still have the biggest weekend rumbling on. —— the biggest weekend rumbling on. —— the biggest weekend. it is not a washout, by any means but you have seen washout, by any means but you have seen the extent of the showers and thunder

some low cloud and fog patches stretching across parts of the midlands, east anglia, like misty oveross parts of southern england. this weekend, high pressure is in charge across the north where it will stay largely dry. further south, low pressure is with us and we'll be pushing in some showers. a few showers from the word go across southern england, working into the southern england, working into the south midlands on towards wales, and although most of us will start the day on a pretty cloudy note, that cloud will be slow to break, one of those days were at gradually brightens, the best of sunshine coming through in the afternoon. then it will start to feel quite warm. 22 in edinburgh, 25 or26 towards london and the south—east. saturday evening, we will start to see storms breaking out. the main risk areas, saturday evening, stretch from central southern england, south—west england, the south—west midlands and on into wales. these storms are likely to have lots of london —— thunder and lightning and could ring around 30 millimetres of rain, which is a lot in the space ofjust one h

junctions 23a to 2a near to east midlands airport will remain shut until sunday afternoon.bridge to be put in place for a new bypass. there was once a time when saturday afternoons were spent taking a trip to the shops, but online buying and out—of—town superstores have changed that tradition. in the town of dumfries in south—west scotland, the community appears to have hit upon a novel way to regenerate its high street, as our correspondent lorna gordon has been finding out. it's a familiar image — a high—street lacking shops and homes and getting emptier by the year. look at it. we've got more shops that are empty in dumfries than we have got that are occupied at the moment. this high street, though, is fighting back and evie copland is part of a group of locals leading the charge. it's a real sad state of affairs but we have got a dream to change the face of our high street and bring a bit of love back to dumfries town centre. and you are from dumfries, aren't you ? so this must be something you really care about. absolutely, lifelong doonhamer. i'm so proud to come from

there could be some fog patches through the east midlands and across some of these eastern coastal countiesscotland. a muggy night in the south but the across—the—board it will stay mild, with temperatures staying in two double figures for most of us. for tuesday's weather, the risk of thunderstorms breaking out across the far south of england. but uncertainty how far north they are going to get. they might even stay in the english channel itself. for the time being though, for most of us it's going to be a dry day with plenty of sunshine away from the far south, with that low cloud burning back to the coast. again we can expect lots of sunshine and it's going to feel presently warm, just like it did today. that's your latest weather. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. a major clean—up operation is taking place in the west midlands after heavy rain and flash flooding. a man in his 80s died after his car was submerged by flood water in walsall. italy's president appoints a new interim prime minister as the country tries to pulls itself out of its deep political crisis. fresh protests in

what is it that this government's got against the east midlands yet again, we are getting a raw deal.s the single biggest time table change perhaps in the country's history, and it will bring an extra 1300 train services across our network. this is a very significant operational challenge. we recognise the disruption that is temporarily occurring in various places and we are working carefully with train operators to reduce it as rapidly as possible. this is not the fault of 400 hard—working time tablers. this is the fault of train companies who do not have enough drivers with the right knowledge in the right places at the right time. isn't it the case that these train companies have had years to prepare for this, and this secretary of state simply trashes the hard—working men and women across the industry who strive to deliver real improvements and he simply throws them under the bus? this is a problem with network rail. i've said this cannot happen again. we have now had a late delivery of time table twice in six months, at this moment in time, with such a big complex change, it is n

reaching eastern wales, the bristol channel with fog around some of the coastal areas, perhaps the east midlandsg off with plenty of sunshine. for many, the day will be similar to the weather we had on monday. there is the risk of heavy, thundery showers across parts of the south but it is uncertain how many we will see across the south and they may even stay in the english channel. but if they reform we may have localised flooding. they will be the exception rather than the rule but the most of us rather than the rule but the most of us it is warm sunshine and exception to that is around the north sea coastline where it could stay grey for most of the day with mist patches keeping temperatures pegged back. there will be a change in the weather as we move into wednesday. low pressure weather as we move into wednesday. low pressure moves weather as we move into wednesday. low pressure moves in weather as we move into wednesday. low pressure moves in over weather as we move into wednesday. low pressure moves in over england and wales and it will encourage a greater number of downpours across engla

deal could lead to a middle east arms race weather forecasters are predicting that today could be the warmest early may bank holiday monday on record. temperatures in the midlandsamazon explorers. in which a pioneering team of zoologists and botanists, in search of new creatures and plants, gets rare access to brazil's highest and most isolated mountain. this is one of the most important parts of the amazon to visit, to get genetic material. what's very interesting about this guy is the eyes. check it out. this is the first expedition we are doing with the help of the army, brazilian army, to an area that is absolutely unexplored in the amazon. we're being led by army soldiers, who are members of local indigenous communities, so they grew up in this area, they know this forest, they know all these trails. we are running against the clock, we are running against the base of destruction that man is imposing on nature, so we have to do this kind ofjob because it's a heritage for the human kind. the pico de neblina, meaning peak of mist. true to its name, it's shrouded in clouds, hidden from view. this is brazil's highest mountain, and reaching it is near impossibl

south—east england, the midlands, and east anglia enjoyed the warmest weather.ure busy roads and overcrowded trains, as people flocked to the coast. from southend—on—sea, frankie mccamley reports. whether you want to dive right in and really make the most of it, just get your feet wet, or have some good, old—fashioned fun, today has certainly been the day. i had to tell this one, "put down the marigolds", you know? "and the bleach, you're not cleaning today. come on, let's go". and she was like, whoo! and i was like, boop—boop—boop. "i'll see you in an hour love, later. " so she dragged me out of my house in other words, otherwise i would have had a day of cleaning. been down here since half—ten. and you haven't been able to get a place on the beach? we've got a place here, but look at it. any people that got down here after sort of like, 12:00, no chance. you look up and down here, look, there's people looking around to sit down. this isn't usually a sight you would expect to see on the first may bank holiday. but with record—breaking temperatures, including he

east anglia. that rain will move northwards and head towards northern england and the midlands, across towards walesecome drier later and see some late sunshine. misty for a while with some heavy and thundery rain and more cloud for eastern scotland but one more day of warmth and sunshine for western scotla nd warmth and sunshine for western scotland and another lovely day for northern ireland. the rain will continue to drift northwards. some showers perhaps heading towards scotla nd showers perhaps heading towards scotland and northern ireland. they will dry off across england and wales but still rather misty, not a lot of wind to move things around, so lot of wind to move things around, so temperatures of12— lot of wind to move things around, so temperatures of 12— 1a degrees. while there will be more powerful scotla nd while there will be more powerful scotland and northern ireland and temperatures will not be as high on is that, there may be the odd shower, most of the storms will push back towards the south—east, and the south—west of england, wales, the midlands and east anglia as well. some o

into southern areas of england and the odd rumble of thunder but brighter skies developing in the east midlandsnd on friday, brighter spells developing into the afternoon. sunshine further north as the cloud retreats back to the coast once again. temperatures in the high teens to low 20s. going into the weekend, tempered his rise even further but always the risk of some thunderstorms. —— temperatures rise even further. this is business live from bbc news with ben thompson and sally bundock. trade tensions accelerate, as the united states says it's investigating foreign car imports. live from london, that's our top story on thursday 24th may. first it was steel and aluminium, now donald trump has suggested foreign cars could be the next target for possible us tariffs. he's started a national security investigation into vehicle imports. also in the programme: it's a $200 billion relationship. german chancellor merkel talks business with president xi jinping amid growing trade tensions with the us.

south—east england, the midlands, and east anglia enjoyed the warmest weather.reports. whether you want to dive right in and really make the most of it, just get your feet wet, or have some good, old—fashioned fun, today has certainly been the day. i had to tell this one, "nope, put down the marigolds, you know, and the bleach, you're not cleaning today. come on, let's go". and she was like, whoo! and i was like, boop—boop—boop. "i'll see you in an hour love, later. " so she dragged me out of my house in other words, otherwise i would have had a day of cleaning. been down here since half—ten. and you haven't been able to get a place on the beach? we've got a place here, but look at it. any people that got down here after sort of like, 12:00, no chance. you look up and down here, look, there's people looking around to sit down. this isn't usually a sight you would expect to see on the first may bank holiday. but with record—breaking temperatures, including here in southend, it is clear a lot of people have got the same idea. three, two, one, go! but, for those wh

most storms will go to the south—east towards wales, the midlands, and east anglia.dency in the next few days is to push everything that much further north. southern parts of england and wales, not as wet, generally dry, sunshine, warm and muggy air. the midlands, scotland and northern ireland, slow—moving and heavy and thundery downpours. this is the first time wet weather arrives in scotland and northern ireland for a while. heavy showers and possible thunderstorms here on saturday. for most of england and wales, may well be dry. a few showers dotted around, though difficult to tell where. warm sunshine with temperatures in the mid—20s. sunday and monday, the threat of catching some thunderstorms remains. the weather pattern is not changing significantly. large parts of the uk will be dry with some sunshine. hello. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: american diplomats and north korean officials are continuing preparations for a summit between president trump and the north korean leader kim jong—un, less than a week after mr trump cancelled it. a close aide of

most storms will go to the south—east towards wales, the midlands, and east anglia.oding. pressure is dropping across the uk which is keeping storms going. the tendency in the next few days is to push everything that much further north. southern parts of england and wales, not as wet, generally dry, sunshine, warm and muggy air. the midlands, scotland and northern ireland, slow—moving and heavy and thundery downpours. this is the first time wet weather arrives in scotland and northern ireland for a while. heavy showers and possible thunderstorms here on saturday. for most of england and wales, may well be dry. a few showers dotted around, though difficult to tell where. warm sunshine with temperatures in the mid—20s. sunday and monday, the threat of catching some thunderstorms remains. the weather pattern is not changing significantly. large parts of the uk will be dry with some sunshine. this is the briefing. i'm samantha simmonds. our top stories: one of russia's best—known investigative journalists, arkady babchenko, an outspoken critic of president putin is shot

south—east england, the midlands and east anglia are seeing the highest temperatures. we are here ine delights that people are doing on this hot bank holiday monday. vladimir putin is sworn—in for a fourth term as president — promising to improve the lives of the russian people.

it has shot up in the east midlands in particular.e, on top of years of week wage growth. the government would say they have taken many the government would say they have ta ken many working the government would say they have taken many working people out of tax altogether, they have raised the personal allowance, interest rates have been low for those with a mortgage. they would say they are taking steps to help people. these figures look at the impact of government policy in the round and taken those government policy in the round and ta ken those changes government policy in the round and taken those changes into account. there has been a huge impact in the choices the government has made, cuts to public sector pay, and benefits, are having an impact. and those in the private sector? there isa those in the private sector? there is a difference. we have seen rubbish wage growth across the economy, our average wage is still below the 2008 level, with benefit cuts hitting everyone, and the rise of insecure work particularly in the pri

south—east england, the midlands, and east anglia enjoyed the warmest weather.ds and overcrowded trains as people flocked to the coast. frankie mccamley has spent the day in southend — she sent this report. whether you want to dive right in and really make the most of it, just get your feet wet, or have some good old—fashioned fun, today has certainly been the day for it. i had to tell this one, "put down the marigolds", you know, and the bleach — you're not cleaning today. "come on, let's go". yeah, "i'll see you in an hour, love, later". so she dragged me out of my house. you haven't been able to get a place on the beach? yes, but look at it! after 12 o'clock, no chance. you look around, people can't sit down. this is not usually a sight you would expect to see on the first may bank holiday but with record—breaking temperatures including here in southend, it is clear a lot of people have the same idea. but for those who didn't fancy getting sand in their toes, making a splash in the new forest water park was on the agenda, orgrabbing an ice cream in bognor reg

sunday evening, the storms tracking across the midlands, one or two for the east as well, so throughthing monday morning, temperatures i6 thing monday morning, temperatures 16 in the south, so a sticky start the bank holiday monday. how about the bank holiday monday. how about the week ahead? not a lot of change. it will stay warm, more thunder, not for everybody. this is the big picture across europe. most of the really warm air is being displaced towards more central and eastern parts of europe so we are on the edge of it. on monday, fewer storms around, so less of a risk that as overall catching one part, where the storms do brew on monday, they will be heavy with thunder and lightning. you can see how be heavy with thunder and lightning. you can see how warm be heavy with thunder and lightning. you can see how warm it is, 25 in merseyside and mid—20s across eastern parts of scotland. that is bank holiday monday. 0n eastern parts of scotland. that is bank holiday monday. on tuesday, notice how many thunderstorms break—out across western europe. all the way from spain, france into

pushing its way to east across the midlands and eastern england, at the same time, the rain becomes lightchy. it's got showers towards the north west, but for the rest of the country, clearer skies later in the night but not too cold. 7—9d. let's ta ke night but not too cold. 7—9d. let's take a closer look at the showers into the northwest scotland, brushing the north coast of northern ireland. the rest of scotland drier and sunny and much of northern england with a sunny start, wales with showers and the border south—west but across east anglia and the south east, it starts cloudy with some rain overnight. not too long before that clears away. cold brea ks long before that clears away. cold breaks up for the most part, a dry day across england and wales with showers in the south—west fading away. even the showers in scotland and northern ireland becoming fewer and northern ireland becoming fewer and lighter during the afternoon. here, temperatures higher at 13 or 14 here, temperatures higher at 13 or 1a degrees. and a bit cooler for england and wales. the ridge of high pressure will redu

in the east midlands, since 2014, dozens of people have been killed.were caught on camera. so, what are the police saying? should people be worried? the east midlands does not have a particular problem with knife crime compared to other regions. it is certainly on the increase, but that‘s true of large swathes of the uk. to put this into context, police here say many of the victims of knife crime note that attackers. having said all that, of course tackling knife crime is a major priority. police have said they can‘t simply arrest their way out of this problem and it comes down to education and awareness. the young people, and it is predominantly young people, they wanted they carry a knife for protection, they are more likely to become a victim —— they have been warned if they carry a knife. that is an important message for parents to get across as well. thank you very much. let's go to leeds, shadow of the golden retriever is waiting very patiently and he is going to steal the show, with amy garcia. a dog in a classroom, why? shadow has been sat pati

east, it becomes heavy and widespread. it moves northwards. brings it to a western extent, baby parts of the midlands could also see it. ry. very wet. it looks like conditions will improve across the south—east, the brightness moving into the afternoon and the rain becomes confined to the north—east of england in towards north—eastern scotland but elsewhere, dry and sunny spells, maybe the odd show but i think dry, temperatures reaching the mid teens celsius. conditions get better, typically, after the weekend. this ridge of high—pressure noses in from the south—west, settling things down. of sunshine on monday and cloud across the south, mainly western parts of scotland, and for northern ireland. winds will be light, strong sunshine, a recipe for a warm afternoon. 19, 20, maybe 21. that is how it will remain on tuesday, possibly warm up. wednesday, with a high pressure, we will see things calling down a little from the north but a fine start to next week apart from a little bit fresher later in the week. acta u2. thank you, stav. we'll be back with the headlines at 8:00. hello, and welcome to newswatch, with me, samir

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some in the midlands and east anglia and wales. hitand miss. o be cold night. 0nce scotland. review, it is not going to be cold night. once again, quite sultry in the south with temperatures down to 14, 15 celsius. into tomorrow, a fairly cloudy note across eastern and southern areas. still showers. you can see the direction they are travelling. north, north—westerly. tomorrow, with the distribution, it is looking a little different. it has been dry across cheshire and the north midlands into northern england, you are more likely to see showers tomorrow and again, they could be heavy and thundery. not as many in the south and here as well, cloud thins out and it will brighten up. it is scotland and northern ireland with the lion‘s share of the sunshine. another beautiful day if you like dry, sunny and warm. some parts could reach 24, 20 five celsius. again, it in the thunderstorms, temperatures down and it is cool in the east. by thursday, quite a bit of cloud around and again, more showers coming our way and getting further north, so northern i

junctions 23a to 24 near to east midlands airport will remain shut until sunday afternoon.ball to mars. the "rovercopter" is designed for the planet's ultra—thin atmosphere and will be launched in two years. its four blades will spin ten times faster than a standard helicopter. it should be called diddy copter. what not to do in one of those safari parks, don't get out of the car, those instructions? a family have had a narrow escape, after they got out of their car at a safari park in the netherlands. the group, including a woman carrying a child, seemed to ignore signs warning visitors not to get out of their vehicles, before being chased by cheetahs. staff at the park said they only became aware of what happened after this video was posted online. the family managed to make it back to their car safely. the children are getting out, they are taking pictures. and you can't really out on a cheater? how are you? kyle adnam, his latest winning run is over. up against a player like shapovalov. but to beat other great players, it is hard to repeat that? it all bodes well. indee

creation of one of britain's iconic real brands, the lner. 936 miles from london to peterborough, the east midlandsburgh and beyond. it is being run as a joint venture between virgin and stagecoach. they paid a lot of money to run the service until 2023 but the government says the company has got their numbers wrong and has lost nearly £200 million. the third time injust wrong and has lost nearly £200 million. the third time in just over a decade it has been forced to call halt to the franchise. gner was stripped of the route in 2007 and national express withdrew in 2009. that announcement today is yet another monumental misjudgement to add to a growing list of miscalculations by this secretary of state. stagecoach said it was surprised and disappointed after failing to negotiate a new deal. the website for its successor, london and north eastern railway, is up and running, and aims to assure passengers its journeys —— running, and aims to assure passengers itsjourneys —— their journeys will not be affected. i think it's a good idea. i think the people who run it in the past have been pretty useles

and storms drifting westwards, brightening by the afternoon across east anglia and the south—east and midlandse north sea coast area. temperatures for the afternoon are doing pretty well. 3a degrees in edinburgh, 19 in belfast and towards the south—east highs of 23 but a relatively humid, muggy feel and that will continue as to night. will see further showers and thunderstorms thing up from the south—east, some of this in the mist and murkiness in low cloud for the east coast of scotland. temperatures not dipping too far between 8— 13 degrees in most places. during friday, the showers and thunderstorms will continue to drift northwards, perhaps at this stage getting up into northern england. northern ireland and scotland should stay dry with spells of sunshine and some messiness and murkiness. cloud to the south at this stage. as we go into the weekend, those temperatures look like they will rise. we will tap into this warm and that will waft its way up from the near continent but what we are also going to bring up from the continent is further showers and storms, particularly drifting into so

scotland and northern ireland. much win to move things around with humid air. humid air. the midlands and east lightning and the possibility of localised flooding. possibility of localised flooding. the end of the week is to push everything further north. everything further north. wales, not as wet, generally dry, sunshine around. sunshine around. ireland, there will be slow—moving and heavy and thundery downpours. and heavy and thundery downpours. arrives in scotland and northern ireland for a while. ireland for a while. for most of england and wales it may be dry. england and wales it may be dry. warm sunshine and temperatures in the low to mid 20s. the low to mid 20s. and into monday, the threat of catching thunderstorms remains. catching thunderstorms remains. weather pattern not changing significantly. significantly. large part of the uk will be dry with some sunshine. in north america and around the globe. i‘m duncan golestani. a summit between donald trump and kimjong—un. trying to gauge what life is like inside north korea. the bbc hears direct testimony from a network of dissidents. t

but they spread across east anglia and the midlands and which parts of wales through the afternoon.ing a lot of rainfall, up to 60 millimetres over the space ofjust two or three hours leading to localised flooding. but further north a few showers and also some dry weather and bright spells. temperature is generally into the low 20s. you're watching beyond 100 days. not so dead after all — the russian journalist reportedly murdered yesterday appears very much alive today. applause arkady babchenko turns up at a press conference in kiev, and ukraine says it foiled a russian plot to kill him. north korea's spy chief touches down in new york city any minute now — he meets mike pompeo to discuss the nuclear summit. the american comedian roseanne barr blames sleeping pills for the racist tweet which led to her show being cancelled. and... ronald reagan's visit to moscow which changed the course of history. 30 years later we look back on his message. get in touch with us using the hashtag #beyond0nehundreddays.

better today for the south—east of england and the midlands. afternoon with those light winds as wellst anglia and the south—east. monday. for most of us, clear and dry conditions out there. quite a fresh start to the working week. morning. across parts of france. and the atlantic. so things should quieten down. anglia and the far south—east. they should fade away. with fairly light winds as well. than we have seen over the weekend, 21 or possibly 22 degrees. that trend continues on into tuesday. round of dry and bright weather. ireland and the north—west of scotland after a weak front here. england and wales keep the sunshine all day on tuesday. for parts of northern ireland and scotland. feel pleasantly warm. goodbye for now. 00:27:55,964 --> 1073741526:09:19,330 this 1073741526:09:19,330 --> 2147483051:50:42,696 is 2147483051:50:42,696 --> 3221224577:32:06,063 bbc 3221224577:32:06,063 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 news. in suicide attacks at three churches in indonesia. of each other in the country's second—largest city surabaya. authorities warn the number of dead and injured is likely

build—up, and a chance of heavy or thundery showers in central and southern england, the south—east, the midlandsfor many it will be dry with temperatures in the low 20s. cooler in northern ireland and western scotland, temperatures 9—11dc with the cloud and rain continuing into the cloud and rain continuing into the evening. the showers will gradually fade away across southern areas taking us into tuesday morning and the rain will also fade away across much of northern ireland and western scotland, just a few patches into tuesday. temperatures overnight getting down to about 8—12 degrees. high—pressure dominates things on tuesday. we have a weak weather front in that high across the north and west continuing to bring some outbreaks of cloud, or periods of powder across scotland through northern ireland, looking largely dry compared to today. for england and wales chance of a few showers across southern and wales chance of a few showers across southern areas and wales chance of a few showers across southern areas but most will be dry, temperatures up into the high teens and low 20s, just a bit co

across southern part of england, east anglia, the midlands and wales.nd they think everything is in place for a cap to be put in place in april next year on the amount that can be repaid. we heard of something similar in the payday loa ns something similar in the payday loans market. that is on rent to own. and on overdrafts, they want to look at fixed fees, where you pay a certain amount every day if you go overdrawn, which can be very unfair. and also unauthorised overdraft charges. what they didn't give as much detail on what the catalogue credit market, the doorstep lending market. guidance that they would like to improve standards amongst companies, but nothing anywhere near as extreme as a potential cap. we spoke earlier to christopher woolard from the financial conduct authority and here he is on the rent to own sector. we think the case is made in principle on a cap. actually setting that cap like we did on payday lending and now requires an enormous amount of analysis. we have got to get it right. if we don't set it at the right level then peop

some showers drifting from the south and east. and east. way to east anglia, midlands, towards wales d the south—west. they could become heavy in places, a rumble of thunder. rumble of thunder. 0nce sunshine developed to the south east corner. developed to the south east corner. one to showers clipping the far southern parts of southern england. southern parts of southern england. good part of scotland, northern england dry and sunny. england dry and sunny. but north—west highlands 25 degrees, 26 towards the south east corner. 26 towards the south east corner. you are off to lord's, it will be warm. increasing sunshine. risk of showers and maybe a rumble of thunder through to the afternoon. of thunder through to the afternoon. then into the evening, we turn our attention to the south. attention to the south. we could see more severe storms. more severe storms. lining, gusty winds, lightning, risk of flash flooding. of flash flooding. everyone but when you see them, pretty severe. pretty severe. night across southern areas with temperatures in the mid teens. temperatures in the mid tee

it will come in across east anglia and the midlands. anglia and the midlands.l. —— lightning. it will be muggy in the south. changes in the next two days. area of high pressure being settled to the north of the uk clears way. to the north of the uk clears way. that weather more by shoving the showers further northwards. showers further northwards. of clout around for england and wales. heavy sundre bursts of rain. heaviest across northern england. —— thunder bursts. thunder bursts. northern ireland with highest locally into the high 20s. locally into the high 20s. will start to get a bit cooler here during thursday. during thursday. worsened with the risk of a few showers dotted around. showers dotted around. again working into england and wales. highs of 2a degrees. a little on the muggy side on friday. friday. weather developing across southern counties later in the day. counties later in the day. the south similar to the low cloud around. around. the weekend should stay on the warm side for most of us. the warm side for most of us. will get sunshine but a fe

that rain will go south to east anglia. to northern england and the midlands, across towards wales, allowingunshine. it will be misty for a while with heavy and thundery rain. more cloud for eastern scotland. another lovely day in northern ireland. well, this rain will continue drifting north. showers will perhaps head towards scotland and northern ireland. may well be drying off in england and wales. still rather misty. not much wind to move things around. still very humid air. 12-14. more cloud for scotland and northern ireland. temperatures will not be as high on thursday. perhaps the odd shower. warm sunshine with temperatures in the mid—20s. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is duncan golestani. our top stories: high level talks continue as officials meet to try and revive a summit between donald trump and kimjong—un. gauging what life is like inside north korea — the bbc hears direct testimony from a network of dissidents. two police officers and a civilian are shot dead in belgium — prosecutors are treating it as a terrorist at

east anglia. england, the midlands and across towards wales. and maybe see some late sunshine. thundery rain and more ireland too. this rain will continue to drift its way northwards. showers perhaps heading toward scotland and northern ireland. not much wind to move things around. still humid air, so temperatures of 12 to 1a degrees. maybe the odd shower. and towards east anglia as well. possibility of some more localised flooding too. bit further north. should be generally dry. there will be some sunshine around, very warm and muggy air. we will get some slow—moving, heavy and thundery downpours. and northern ireland for a while. here on saturday. for most of england and wales, it might be dry. in the low to mid 20s once again. thunderstorms remains. the weather pattern not changing significantly. large parts of the uk will be dry with some sunshine. 00:28:28,666 --> 715827684:15:58,793 i'm 715827684:15:58,793 --> 1431655368:03:28,921 babita 1431655368:03:28,921 --> 2147483051:50:59,049 sharma 2147483051:50:59,049 --> 2863310735:38:29,176 with 2863310735:38:29,176 --> 3579138419:25:59,303 bbc 35791

affecting parts of east anglia, maybe the south midlands and southern counties of england.ntial falls of rain, as southern counties of england. torrentialfalls of rain, as much southern counties of england. torrential falls of rain, as much as 50 millimetres of rain in the wettest areas where there are storms. 0ne wettest areas where there are storms. one of those nights for me could be woken by thunder, a muggy night in the south, not quite so muddy in the north. here is the weather picture through wednesday and the showers become widespread in england and wales. some hefty downpours, loud thunder. in the north, more cloud but for scotland and northern ireland, this is the best of the sunshine and this is where the highest temperatures are, up where the highest temperatures are, up to 26 degrees in some spots. not sure whether. you're watching beyond 100 days. the most senior north korean official to visit america in almost two decades is on his way to new york. but can pyongyang's intelligence officer help donald trump salvage the nuclear summit? kim yong—chol is a contro

today could be the warmest early may bank holiday monday on record, with temperatures in the midlands, eastotentially climbing to 28 degrees. most of the uk has been basking in a spell of unseasonably warm weather over the weekend, as richard main reports. first we will go to claire who is in brigbury. families have been gathering for this heat wave and temperatures could reach 28 celsius but we are expecting the low 20s in brigbury today. it is a popular beach with water sport lovers as well as families. the sea is reasonably calm so it is ideal for young people to go and enjoy the waves. behind me you can see their island and the causway, which is tied. at about 11am it will be com pletely tied. at about 11am it will be completely covered by the sea and only accessible by boat. harry bennett, you are from the surf school, and your office, if you like, looks out onto this view, and very nice one to have? it is a nice view to have come down in the morning and then pack up the shop after. you get some interesting sea life? we have had dolphins recently and they have been round the back of th

east anglia. england, the midlands and across towards wales. and maybe see some late sunshine. thundery rain and moreely day for northern ireland too. this rain will continue to drift its way northwards. showers perhaps heading toward scotland and northern ireland. not much wind to move things around. still humid air so temperatures of 12 to 1a degrees. maybe the odd shower. and towards east anglia as well. possibility of some more localised flooding too. bit further north. should be generally dry. there will be some sunshine around, very warm and muggy air. we will get some slow—moving, heavy and thundery downpours. and northern ireland for a while. here on saturday. for most of england and wales, it might be dry. in the low to mid 20s once again. thunderstorms remain. the weather pattern not changing significantly. large parts of the uk will be dry with some sunshine. 00:28:03,814 --> 858993221:01:08,937 i'm 858993221:01:08,937 --> 1717986441:34:14,061 rico 1717986441:34:14,061 --> 2576979662:07:19,184 hizon 2576979662:07:19,184 --> 3435972882:40:24,307 in 3435972882:40:24,307 --> 4294966103:13:29,

further east, the midlands, warmer than today. it should be dry with sunshine.s this is bbc news — our latest headlines. the government apologises unreservedly to a libyan man and his wife — after british intelligence contributed to their detention in 200a. the bank of england keeps interest rates on hold and downgrades this year's growth — but it remains optimistic about the uk economic outlook. president trump has revealed the time and place of his historic meeting with north korea's kimjong—un. the two leaders will meet in singapore on 12th ofjune. bt announces plans to cut 13,000 jobs — most of them back office and middle management roles in the uk — as part of a billion—pound cost cutting drive. on meet the author, my guest is the novelist diana evans with a book called ordinary people, which shows that if you can write as she can a normal life can become truly extraordinary. more now on the news that a libyan dissident who was kidnapped with the help of the british security services in 2004 has said he's grateful that the government has formally apologised

most of you will have a dry day but south east anglia, the midlands, certain extent down here, therethe biggest we can still ongoing in swansea, greater chance for showers and sunder storms in coventry, i fear —— chance for showers and sunder storms in coventry, ifear -- biggest weekend. at the same time there will be more low cloud back off the north sea into these eastern costal counties. bank holiday monday is with us, and you know what, for the most it will be a dry day. one or two isolated showers, and that is the keyword. very few of you will see them. we start pretty grey across the eastern is caused in scotla nd across the eastern is caused in scotland and and some english counties will see grey all day long. then the cloud will break up. good spells for many. 0ne then the cloud will break up. good spells for many. one or two, very few, showers around, but in the sunshine it will feel pretty warm, if not humid. 25—27 degrees in parts of central western scotland, and 25 and 27 in the south as well. to the end of bank holiday monday, low cloud returning across many eastern part