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severe storms pushing across parts of the east midlands, east anglia and the kent and london area, pushing south and east and these are in the last hour and will continue in the evening, gradually fading away but what is not going to fade is the hot spell we are experiencing, the amber met office extreme heat warning remains in place in the south—west of the uk right through to thursday and comes into force tomorrow until friday across northern ireland with a combination of hot days and warm nights. these are the temperatures as we hit 10pm this evening, still in the mid 20s or summer is the combination could have an impact on your health. the showers and storms fade away around the second half of the night but the temperature only slowly ebbed down, even by first light tomorrow morning still in the high teens. a few changes tomorrow. parts of eastern scotland and the north—east of england with more in the way of low cloud that will fade during the day and low cloud in northern scotland limiting the temperature rise but elsewhere it will be another hot and sultry day, 30 or 31 in the south

that is indicating the chance of some showers to the east midlands and the south—east of england into the weather story. still a fine for the majority, sunshine of cause and heat. and patty cloud northern scotland. however, the afternoon, the heat reaches a certain level we will see some of those than the again to parts of the east midlands, may be lincolnshire, east anglia and the south—east. heat pushing into scotland and northern ireland again to the middle of the week. temperatures high 20s or late 30s. as these showers potentially develop through tuesday evening we could see some issues. a lot of rain in a short space of time. strong and gusty winds and they will rumble on into the early hours of wednesday. wednesday morning i think we will have a fine start. things are quieten down again but a bit more cloud working its way into the north—east of england tending to stick along the sea coast and will be cooler here. the new risk of showers. we could potentially again see temperatures in parts of northern ireland close to 30. another fine hot story for thursday but friday still fi

one or two perhaps cropping up in east anglia and the east midlands as well, so the best of the sunshines where we will see the highest temperatures, perhaps peeking through the afternoon, 25 or 26 degrees, that is near to the high 705. as we move out of sunday, for the rest of the week ahead, it does look likely that the temperatures will start to ease somewhat, so gradually turning a little bit cooler. heavy showers around to begin with but hopefully some sunny spells by the end of the week. this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughanjones with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. day two of the olympics in tokyo, with surfing and skateboarding making their debut at the games. on the first day of the games, the host nation, japan, picked up its first medals — winning gold and silver in judo. wildfires in northern california force thousands of residents into evacuation centres while a covid outbreak in oregon puts firefighters into quarantine. thousands of hungarians join the annual pride march and protest against a new anti—lgbto law. and the uk army safely detonate

one or two perhaps cropping up in east anglia and the east midlands as well, so the best of the sunshinenot be ruled out but that is where we will see the highest temperatures, perhaps peeking through the afternoon, 25 or 26 degrees, that is near to the high 70s. as we move out of sunday, for the rest of the week ahead, it does look likely that the temperatures will start to ease somewhat, so gradually turning a little bit cooler. heavy showers around to begin with but hopefully some sunny spells by the end of the week. this is bbc news. i'm sarah mulkerrins, live in tokyo, where day 2 of the olympics is now underway. surfing and skateboarding are both making their 0lympic debuts today at the games. on day 1, the host nation, japan, picked up its first medals, winning gold and silver injudo. i'm lewis vaughan jones, in london. the rest of the day's headlines: wildfires in northern california force thousands into evacuation centres, while a covid outbreak in oregon puts firefighters into quarantine. thousands of hungarians join the annual pride march and protest against a new anti—lgbt la

east midlands have warmed more than one degree. on this map, dark blue means more rain. the u.k.e of 6% net -- now is an average of 6% wetter. in scotland, 10%. it is putting strain on the u.k. infrastructure. extreme heat, halting trains as tracks buckle. rain or shine, the world will head to the united nations climate summit this year and we will find out of governments rest to the challenge of cutting omissions to stop the worst effects of climate change -- cutting emissions to stop the worst effects of climate change. phillipa: now, the tokyo olympics. on day six, all eyes were on the women's gymnastics all-around individual final after reigning champion simone biles pulled out due to mental health pressures. the pressure was considerable, given team usa has won the event over the last four olympics. but 18-year-old sunisa lee rose to the challenge, coming from behind win the gold medal on the last apparatus of the day with a brilliant routine. her family and friends were watching the tents finish from back home in oakdale, minnesota. this is the moment they realized sonny wh

temperature increase and everywhere is hotter by an average 0.9 degrees but east anglia and the east midlandsave warmed by more than one degree. this map shows the changes in average rainfall. dark blue means more rain and the uk is an average of 6% wetter, but across much of scotland the increase is more than 10%. it's putting immense strain on the uk's infrastructure. extreme heat halting trains as tracks buckle. but scientists warn of worse to come, with future temperatures reaching over a0 degrees. what's interesting about this report is there's lots of data in there, so there's lots of temperature records and percentage changes, but actually what we're seeing are the impacts, the impacts to us as humans, to businesses, to ecology across the uk. it really is being played out in front of our eyes. come rain or shine, the world will be heading to glasgow later this year for the united nations climate summit and we will find out if governments can rise to the challenge of cutting emissions to stop the worst effects of climate change. we need deep and rapid emissions reduction but we also nee

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a few of them could for their way up into parts of east anglia, midlands, leave east wales and south—westand. highest temperatures heave a little bit cooler than some eastern coast with a cooler piece of the scenes are missed in the clouds. that willjust tend to push its way south and east woods overnight. those thunderstorms keep going across south—east england. platforming across northern ireland but elsewhere some clearer skies but it is still another mild if not muggy night. below are 15 or 16 celsius across the southern half of the uk. for many, we stuck to my mostly dry, some spells of sunshine with northern and eastern coast. at crouch's thing and break through the day but always anywhere could catch a thunderstorm tomorrow. there will also be some warm spells of sunshine in between, particularly for the southern half of the uk, with high sea at 25 or 26 celsius. —— highs here. you're watching bbc news, broadcasting in the uk and around the world, i'm lucy hockings live in tokyo. team gb claim a first silver medal at the tokyo 0lympics, but bradly sinden narrowly misses out on beco

those thunderstorms keep going tomorrow, particularly through parts of east anglia, south—east england, the midlandsdown into south—west england and wales. maybe one or two further north as well but generally the cloud should tend to disappear to leave sunshine and for many, it is another warm day. that is all from me, bye—bye. hello, this is bbc news with me, shaun ley. the headlines: the olympic host nationjapan has picked up its first medals, winning a gold and a silver injudo. that was after ecuador�*s richard carapaz won the gold in the men's olympic cycling road race, making it the country's second ever top medal at a summer olympics. great britain's adam yates finished ninth, but it was bad news for geraint thomas who retired from the race for a second successive games after a crash. tackling britain's "pingdemic" — hundreds more covid testing sites are to be set up across england to ensure essential workers can avoid self—isolation and keep working. and president biden warns that the us is facing a "pandemic of the unvaccinated", as the delta variant of coronavirus spreads. now on bbc news,

wales, the midlands, east anglia and the southeast should be largely dry with some sunshine, just one rain here by the end of the afternoon. it is going to be quite a windy day and quite a cool one for the time of year as well, top temperatures between 16—21 celsius. but as this little area of low pressure approaches on the southwest, we're going to see some really heavy rain for a time across southwest england, getting up into south wales and running eastwards as we go through the night. and for a time, some very strong and gusty winds. we could see gusts of 40—50 mph or more in some exposed spots. quite unusual for this time of year, could cause some disruption. the wet and fairly blustery weather will push eastwards across the midlands, east anglia, the southeast, so summer rain here for a time on friday. that will tend to clear away. drier conditions behind, with some sunny spells. still the potential for 1—2 showers and temperatures between 17—20 celsius. now, as we head into the weekend, we have low pressure up to the northeast, higher pressure to the southwest, but neither real

wales, the midlands, east anglia and the southeast should be largely dry with some sunshine, just oneernoon. it is going to be quite a windy day and quite a cool one for the time of year as well, top temperatures between 16—21 celsius. but as this little area of low pressure approaches on the southwest, we're going to see some really heavy rain for a time across southwest england, getting up into south wales and running eastwards as we go through the night. and for a time, some very strong and gusty winds. we could see gusts of 40—50 mph or more in some exposed spots. quite unusual for this time of year, could cause some disruption. the wet and fairly blustery weather will push eastwards across the midlands, east anglia, the southeast, so summer rain here for a time on friday. that will tend to clear away. drier conditions behind, with some sunny spells. still the potential for 1—2 showers and temperatures between 17—20 celsius. now, as we head into the weekend, we have low pressure up to the northeast, higher pressure to the southwest, but neither really taking control of our weather

atmosphere that come tuesday afternoon, we will see some towering cloud developing across parts of the east midlands of wednesday, is when the showers may be concerning. slow moving and a lot of rain in a short space of time. some big hail, strong, gusty winds could and as you can see, they go on for a through the evening finally petering out into the early hours of wednesday. wednesday, dawn is fine, a lot of sunshine and just a slight chance as the high moves eastwards that we drag a bit more cloud on the north sea coast for wednesday. again, there's that area of blue. we start the day fine and some cloud across the northeast of england, fading back to the coast where it will stay cooler. eastern england still with the possibility of some heavy thunderstorms developing. certainly not for all areas. they will be a very local phenomenon, but if you're caught in them, you will almost definitely know about it. notice that heat again is creeping a bit further north through midweek. wednesday into thursday, as the high re—orientates itself, it looks like we may lose some of that instability in the upper

but east anglia and east midlands have warmed by more than 1 degrees.n 10%. it's putting immense strain on the uk's infrastructure, extreme heat halting trains as tracks buckle. come rain or shine, the world will be heading to glasgow later this year for the united nations climate summit, and we will find out if governments can rise to the challenge of cutting emissions to stop the worst effect of climate change. professor myles allen is head of the climate dynamics group at the university of oxford and has served on the un's intergovernmental panel on climate change. great to have you with us. i would like to start with glasgow, because i want to ask you what would be a sign of actual practical success for you coming out of that key summit? well, for me, it's really very simple. one thing which people have to understand about this problem as it is fixable. we don't need to keep using the atmosphere as a giant waste dump. you know, 200 years ago, if you told somebody living in london that within 50 years, we would stop dumping sewage in the river, they

but ahead of that, with hopefully more sunshine for the midlands, east anglia and the south east, temperatures bit higher. still got some heavy showers as we head into the evening across scotland in particular, and this rain just marches its way eastwards towards wembley later on in the evening. indeed, there's more rain to come as we head into the start of next week because low pressure is still in charge. that's sitting right over the uk. so, we're looking at more rain more widely, i think, on monday. that rain could be heavy, it could be thundery and it could lead to some localised flooding. downpours developing more widely in scotland and northern england. we've got some rain further south. it looks at this stage like northern ireland may see some of the driest weather, and temperatures will be up around 20—21 celsius. now, that low pressure bringing the downpours slowly, slowly pushes away towards continental europe. and it starts to dry out a little bit more, especially across the western side of the uk on tuesday. this is where all the heavy downpours are. mostly the other side of the c

warmer day in the south—east, parts of the midlands and east anglia where it should be drier and brighteris over, assuming it doesn't go to penalty, there could be a few spots of rain. could be a wet weather picture for monday. a few sore heads, we could be celebrating hopefully, in the rain. there will be some heavy rain around, threatening clouds are coming, some thunderstorms as well as showers are developing more widely. at the moment it looks drier to northern ireland, perhaps in the south—east of england in the afternoon and we will find temperatures up to 20 or 21 celsius outside the rain, which 2i celsius outside the rain, which could be heavy. moving into tuesday, still a bit of blue on the chart but not much. fewer, lightershowers breaking out on tuesday. many places having a dry day, may be a bit more sunshine around us well and those temperatures may be up a degree or two. the weather is changing as we head further into next week. instead of low pressure, we will find high pressure at long last, something else to celebrate, moving up from the azores. that will calm things down

a few of those could filter their way up into parts of east anglia, the midlands, maybe east wales andmperatures here. a little bit cooler for some northeastern coasts with a breeze off the sea and more mist and low cloud. and that will just tend to push its way south and eastwards overnight. those thunderstorms keep going across south—east england, cloud forming across northern ireland. but elsewhere, some clearer skies, but it's still another mild, if not muggy night — lows of 15 or 16 celsius across the southern half of the uk. and for many, we start tomorrow mostly dry. some spells of sunshine away from northern and eastern coasts. that cloud should thin and break through the day, but almost anywhere could catch a thunderstorm tomorrow. there'll also be some warm spells of sunshine in between, particularly for the southern half of the uk, with highs here of 25 or 26 celsius. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines... national and family triumph forjapan injudo, as a brother and sister both win gold. britain's brandley sinden takes silver after a defeat in the taekwondo final, the uk

if you could filter up into east anglia, the midlands, may be east wales and south of england.—west england. higher temperatures here, and some mist in low cloud on the costs. that will push its way south and east woods of an eczema thunderstorms going across south—east england. cloud farming across northern ireland, but elsewhere, some clearer skies. it is another mild if not muqqy skies. it is another mild if not muggy night. and those of 15 or 16 celsius across the southern half of the uk. for many, we start tomorrow as they dry. some spells of sunshine away from northern and eastern coasts. that cloud should then break through the day. almost anywhere could catch a thunderstorm tomorrow. there will also be some warm spells of sunshine in between, particularly for the southern half of the uk with highs of 2526 celsius. —— 25 or 26 celsius. hello. this is bbc news with tim wilcox. the headlines... national and family triumph forjapan injudo, as a brother and sister both win gold. britain's brandley sinden takes silver after a defeat

east anglia. slowly pulling away in the next few hours. showers further north, more breaking out across north wales, northern england and into scotland, the odd one for northern ireland. for much of the midlandsbe some late sunshine in the south—east but it's a slow process across parts of kent and essex. cool here. best temperatures around glasgow, 23 degrees, but shower is not far away and they will continue into this evening and gradually downpours will fade away over night, tending to become drier overnight with a lot of cloud, low cloud, so it could be misty in the morning and temperatures typically 11 or 12. the forecast for wimbledon tomorrow, the men's final, and it should be a dry day. not huge amounts of sunshine but a warmer day than today. cloudy across many parts of the country to start, cloud thinning and breaking with sunshine coming through, triggering heavy, perhaps thundery showers across northern england, scotland and perhaps northern ireland. more cloud coming to wales and the south—west bringing outbreaks of rain in the afternoon and a cooler day than today but ahead of it, midlands, east anglia and the south—east, sunshine at times so temperatures should be higher. forth

the temperature increase and every is hotter by an average 0.9 degrees but east anglia and the east midlandses. in this map shows the changes in average rainfall. dark blue means more rain and the uk is an average of 6% wetter, but across much of scotland the increase is more than 10%. it is putting immense strain on the uk's infrastructure. extreme heat halting trains as tracks buckle. experts warn all future temperatures reaching over a0 degrees. what is interesting as there is lots of data in the air, lots of temperature records and percentage changes, but what we are seeing ivy impacts, the impacts to us as humans, to businesses, to ecology across the uk. it really is being played out in front of her eyes. come rain or shine, the world will be heading to glasgow later this year for the united nations climate summit and we will find out if governments can't rise to the challenge of cutting emissions to stop the worst effects of climate change. we need deep and rapid emissions reduction but we also need to remove the excess greenhouse gases we have put into the atmosphere which are creatin

a bit lower than they were on saturday, but ahead of that with hopefully more sunshine in the midlands, eastere should be a bit higher. we've still got some heavy showers as we head into the evening across scotland in particular. and this rain just marches its way eastwards towards wembley later on in the evening. indeed there is more rain to come as we head into the start of next week because low pressure is still in charge. that is sitting right over the uk. so, we are looking at more rain more widely i think on monday. that rain could be heavy, it could be thundery, and it could lead to some localised flooding. downpours developing more widely in scotland and northern england, we've got some rain further south. it looks at this stage like northern ireland may see some of the driest weather, and temperatures will be up at around 20 or 21 celsius. now, that low pressure bringing the downpours slowly, slowly pushes away towards continental europe, and it starts to dry out a little bit more, especially across the western side of the uk on tuesday. this is where all the heavy downpours are. mo

then come the afternoon, we'll see very heavy showers developing across the west country, the midlands, eastnfall in a relatively short space of time, so hence the possibility of flash flooding. temperatures will be typically around the low—20s further south, high teens in the north, and the showers and thunderstorms will probably linger at least in some areas into the evening hours as well. take care. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the last us troops have left bagram, their main military base in afghanistan, as the biden administration says it's on course to withdraw completely from the country by the end of august. the queen meets the german chancellor at windsor, as angela merkel says britons who've had both covid jabs should be able to visit germany in the foreseeable future without quarantine. one of the uk government's advisers on coronavirus warns ministers are facing a very difficult decision about lifting all england's restrictions — given the continuing rise in cases. 20 people are now confirmed dead in the surfside apartment

the day on monday it will be dry and brighter day with only a few showers, the same for wales, midlands and eastotland and northern ireland, cloud, outbreaks of rain, the odd thunderstorm and some longer spells of rain into northern scotland through the afternoon where we need that extra bit of rain at the moment. although not great news if you are on a holiday. temperatures down on the weekend. monday night, after a wet end to the day in the south—west and the channel islands, that swirl of winds, low pressure pushing northwards and eastwards, throwing some torrential and persistent rain north across england and wales, and strengthening winds into tuesday morning across southern counties, 40—60mph gusts could cause damage and travel disruption. heavy showers to go with it, whipping across the sky through the morning. longer spells of rain, some heavy and thundery in northern england, potentially into southern and eastern scotland. a sunshine and shower mix further west. with the breeze in place for southern areas it will be a cooler day but even further north temperatures down on theweekend eve

widespread area of rain will move into parts of wales come in the midlands and east anglia before breakingday. another day when there showers will be widespread and some of them torrential as well. could bring 30 mm of rain in the space of just one error, so a risk of seeing localised flooding in the heaviest of those downpours, and dry weather between the showers as well. on into monday and tuesday week at the next area of low pressure swinging across the uk so the weather certainly not settling down in the sense but monday seeing rain pushed northwards across scotland, sunshine and a few showers elsewhere but generally a slightly drier and of day for most of you. in this rain moving into southwest accompanied by strengthening wins anther monday afternoon. monday night time on the two tuesday our area of low pressure pushes them bringing the rain and gail's developing around the coast and then along the english channel coasts in the southeast by tuesday, showers follow our main band of rain through and start to feel just a little fresher. temperature is around 17 to 19 celsius. from there

tomorrow, expect pulses of heavy, thundery rain at times across southern england, wales, the midlands, east of this mist and murk again for north sea coasts. north west england, much of scotland, particularly out west, and northern ireland seeing sunny spells and still some relative warmth with highs of 26 celsius. stays dry to the north west on sunday, but with more thunderstorms in the south east. this is bbc news. i'm philippa thomas. our top stories... the delayed 2020 tokyo olympics are officially under way. the sky over the stadium exploded with colour as fireworks marked the start of the games. in a pared back ceremony, small groups of athletes from more than 200 countries marched in the teams' parade. tennis star naomi osaka lit the olympic cauldron. the man in charge of the ioc described it as a day of hope. here in the uk, there's growing confusion over the government's plans to relax covid isolation rules for key workers in the food industry. and find out why the price of the beans

for wales, the midlands, east anglia and the southeast, plenty of sunshine and just the odd shower, butl, 16—21 celsius. cloud, rain and strong winds working across southern england and south wales through thursday night into friday. still some showers left as we head towards the weekend, but perhaps a bit more in the way of dry weather. �*welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. as covid cases rise in the us, the push to get the nation vaccinated — all federal workers could be required to have the jab, or face more testing. in great britian the covid rules are eased for fully vaccinated travellers from the us and the european union. from monday they'll no longer have to isolate on arrival. day 6 of the tokyo olympics — how will the us gymnastics team fare without their star performer simone biles? and france says it owes a debt to the people of french polynesia over the damage caused by nearly two hundred nuclear tests.

the southwest, but neither the wet and fairly blustery weather will push eastwards across the midlands, east0 celsius. now, as we head into the weekend, we have low pressure up to the northeast. higher pressure to the northeast. higher pressure to the southwest, really taking control of our weather. we are kind of trapped between the two. so that means there still will be some showers, but not as many as we have had over recent days. a decent amount of dry weather, and it will feel cool, especially in the north. at six: relaxing england and scotland's borders — from next week double—jabbed tourists from the eu and the united states won't have to quarantine on arrival. the changes come into effect in the early hours of monday morning — it's hoped it'll give a much—needed boost to british tourism and allow friends and families to be reunited at last. looking forward to it. you know, just a few short trips to the uk. we are so close here in zurich but it is so far when you know you have to quarantine. but, after being classed as amber—plus, the changes will not apply to travellers arriving from

now, this widespread area of rain will then move into parts of wales, the midlands and east anglia beforey. but it's another day where those showers are going to be widespread, some of them torrential as well. could bring around 30 mm of rain in the space ofjust one hour, so again there is a risk of seeing some localised flooding in the heaviest of those downpours, and there will be some dry weather between those showers as well. 0n into monday and tuesday, we've got the next area of low pressure that's going to be swinging across the uk, so the weather certainly not settling down in any sense. monday sees rain pushing northwards across scotland. sunshine and a few showers elsewhere, but generally a slightly drier kind of day for most of you. but then we've got this rain that's going to be moving into the south—west, accompanied by some strengthening winds through monday afternoon. monday night time and on into tuesday our area of low pressure pushes in, bringing the rain and pushing it northwards. gales developing around the coast initially in the south—west and then along the english ch

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light heavy thundery rain will drift up from the south affecting southern england, the wales, the midlands, east anglia. low cloud again for north—east coast but western scotland, northern ireland we hold onto some sunshine and some warmth with highs of 26 degrees. looking ahead to sunday, a lot of dry weather abound, especially towards the north—west. more thunderstorms in the and east. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... a spectacular start to the olympic games with the opening ceremony underway now. thousands of workers in the food supply chain in england no longer need to isolate if pinged by the covid app, as long as they test negative. daily testing for pupils is just as effective at controlling covid in schools as self—isolation, according to new research. a high courtjudge rules there should be a new investigation into whether state agencies could have prevented the omagh bombing in 1998. and surfing will make its olympic debut at the tokyo games, as a0 thrill—seeking athletes take to the waves. the olympics opening ceremony is taking place in tokyo, and we've seen team gb out in th

even hotterfor wales, the midlands, east anglia and southern counties of england.ough the weekend, we will see temperatures getting close to the 30 degrees mark. too hot for some, for sure. at that fine, sunny and warm weather is on the way, like it or not. that's all from the bbc news at six, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm lizzie greenwood—hughes, here's a look of what we have coming—up tonight... golf's oldest major is back, we'll be live at royal st george's — looking ahead to the open championship which starts tomorrow. a remarkable recovery for alun wynnjones means he will get to take part in a fourth lions tour. and as rafa benitez begins a new era at everton — he says he does have the support of fans. also coming up in the programme... the tour de france rolls to a mountainous climax and it's defending champion and race leader — pogacar who claims the 17th stage in the pyranees. and we look ahead to the british grand prix at silverstone where1a0,000 people are expec

further thunderstorms and the main risk tomorrow will be through parts of east anglia, south—east england, the midlandsperhaps across south—west scotland and northern ireland, but generally the further north you are, the better chance you have of having a dry day and some sunshine. still very warm, but notice how those temperatures are starting to come down, more like the mid to low 20 celsius across the southern half of the uk. come monday, quite a messy picture. the best way we can describe it is some sunshine, but also frequent showers and some thunderstorms as well. somewhat hit and miss, the temperatures start to rise again across the southern half of uk, but they tend to dip down into the low 20s celsius, if not the high teens across scotland and northern ireland. compared to the weekjust gone, the week ahead is much more unsettled. this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. the olympic host nationjapan has picked up its first medals, winning a gold and a silver injudo. that was after ecuador�*s richard carapaz won the gold in the men's olympic

but away from south—east england, east anglia, the midlands as well, most other places looking dry andgetting up to about 2a or 25 celsius across parts of scotland and northern ireland. england and wales about 22 or 23 celsius. some of these heavy downpours in the south—east and east anglia will continue this evening and overnight as well. so still the odd rumble of thunder, and again at some surface water flooding possible. during the second half of the night, most places to become dry as showers ease away. and there will be quite a lot of low cloud pushing in across parts of scotland, northern england, and perhaps northern ireland as well. temperatures overnight about 12—16 celsius. into monday and things are still unsettled with this area of low pressure just moving its way a little bit further northwards, up the north sea. so that means we will have quite a bit of cloud and a few showers for parts of northern and eastern scotland, for instance. a little bit of showery rain pushing into the far west later in the day, into northern ireland as well. but actually quite a lot of places

to 25 in manchester this weekend, but it's going to be even warmer than that across wales, the midlands, east bye for now. hello, this is 0utside source. south africa is to deploy up to 25,000 troops to try and quell six days of looting and violence. this is the heart stopping moment a woman throws her baby to safety from a burning building. we spoke to her. i was panicking and i was trusting anyone to take my baby for me because the place was burning. instill because the place was burning. will because the place was burning. will be talking to a brother of the former south african president also the children of parents who islamic state faced a life of presuming in serious camps.— state faced a life of presuming in serious camps. kids here have been throu~h serious camps. kids here have been through unimaginable _ serious camps. kids here have been through unimaginable horrors. - serious camps. kids here have been through unimaginable horrors. butl through unimaginable horrors. but for some it's even worse, they lost one or even both parents. and they are now having to face a very uncertain

that is indicating the chance of some showers to the east midlands and the south—east of england intor thursday but friday still fine but notice it is a little cooler. here come some relief for lows of you who dread the heat. in the from of the savvy of low pressure approaching from the south—west was at the exact timing of it spreading across the uk a subject of some question but it definitely looks things will become cooler and more unsettled through the week. all: three, two, one! cheering. thousands of people took advantage of the midnight unlocking, saying they wanted to return to normality. i've had my vaccines, i want to have a good time, hun. so excited! so excited, can't wait for it. it'sjust, like, a relief, after such a long time | just to have freedom. but the prime minister is urging people to be cautious, with cases of covid on the rise. also this lunchtime: foreign travel rules change — fully vaccinated people no longer have to quarantine on return from amber list countries. back in business — hard—hit firms hope the end of restrictions will lead to recovery but now the

those thunderstorms keep going tomorrow, particularly through parts of east anglia, south—east england, the midlandsd tend to disappear to leave sunshine and for many, it is another warm day. that is all from me, bye—bye. hello, this is bbc news with me, shaun ley. the headlines: the olympic host nationjapan has picked up its first medals, winning a gold and a silver injudo. that was after ecuador�*s richard carapaz won the gold in the men's olympic cycling road race, making it the country's second ever top medal at a summer olympics. great britain's adam yates finished ninth, but it was bad news for geraint thomas who retired from the race for a second successive games after a crash. tackling britain's "pingdemic" — hundreds more covid testing sites are to be set up across england to ensure

for wales, the midlands, east anglia and the southeast, plenty of sunshine and just the odd shower, butthere, and quite a cool feel to the weather as well, 16—21 celsius. cloud, rain and strong winds working across southern england and south wales through thursday night into friday. still some showers left as we head towards the weekend, but perhaps a bit more in the way of dry weather. this is bbc news. the headlines — relaxing the rules — from monday, fully vaccinated travellers from the united states and eu will no longer have to quarantine when they arrive in england, scotland or wales. they will still have to present negative covid tests. thailand, south korea, malaysia and japan have all reported the highest daily number of cases since the beginning of the pandemic. the delta variant is being blamed for the surge in cases. nearly 28,000 new covid—19 cases have been reported in the last 24 hours across britain. that's an increase of over 4000 and the first rise in the daily total after seven days of falling cases. prince charles unveils a national memorial in honour of all the brit

tomorrow, expect pulses of heavy, thundery rain at times across southern england, wales, the midlands, eastsee some of this mist and murk again for north sea coasts. north west england, much of scotland, particularly out west, and northern ireland seeing sunny spells and still some relative warmth with highs of 26 degrees. stays dry to the north west on sunday, but with more thunderstorms in the south east. this is bbc news, the headlines. the delayed 2020 tokyo olympics have got under way with a modest opening ceremony, reflecting the impact of the pandemic. reflecting the impact the stadium was almost empty and the show included a moment of silence to honour covid victims. tennis star naomi osaka lit the olympic cauldron — marking the official start of the 32nd olympiad. the message from the man in charge of the international olympic committee, was that this is a day of hope. more than a hundred people have died in western india, after monsoon rains triggered landslides and flooding. many low—lying areas in india's maha—rashtra state have been completely submerged. there's confusion and g

thunderstorms keep going tomorrow, particularly through parts of east anglia, south—east england, the midlandsear and leave some type of many. it is another warm day. that is for me, goodbye. you're watching bbc news, broadcasting in the uk and around the world. i'm lucy hockings live from tokyo. the olympic host nationjapan has picked up its first medals — winning a gold and a silver injudo. that was after ecuador�*s richard carapaz won the gold in the men's olympic cycling road race, making it the country's second ever top medal at a summer olympics. great britain's adam yates finished 9th — but it was bad news for geraint thomas who retired from the race for a second successive games after a crash. i'm shaun ley. in other news from the uk and around the world...

this widespread area of rain will then move into parts of wales, the midlands and east anglia beforers later on in the day. but it's another day when those showers are going to be widespread and some of them torrential as well. could bring around 30 mm of rain in the space ofjust one hour, so again there is the risk of seeing some localised flooding in the heaviest of those downpours. some dry weather between those showers as well. on into monday and tuesday we have got the next area of low pressure that's going to be swinging across the uk. so the weather certainly not settling down in any sense. monday sees rain pushing northwards across scotland. sunshine and a few showers elsewhere, but generally a slightly drier kind of day for most of you, and then we have got this rain that's going to be moving in to the southwest accompanied by some strengthening wins through monday afternoon. monday night time and on into tuesday area of low pressure pushes in bringing the rain and pushing it northwards. gales developing around the coast initially in the southwest. and then along the english

then come the afternoon, we'll see very heavy showers developing across the west country, the midlands, eastt's a lot of rainfall in a relatively short space of time, so hence the possibility of flash flooding. temperatures will be typically around the low—20s further south, high teens in the north, and the showers and thunderstorms will probably linger at least in some areas into the evening hours as well. take care. this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: the un security council is told that a famine in the ethiopian region of tigray is now affecting more than 400,000 people, and that the situation could rapidly deteriorate. if the parties to the conflict failed to seize this moment, the consequences for the people of ethiopia will be devastating. more fighting, more famine. the last us troops leave bagram, their main military base in afghanistan. the biden administration says it's on course to withdraw completely from the country by the end of august. brazil's prosecutor general wants to investigate president bolsonaro for failing to act on allegations of corruption in

with more sunshine to the midlands, east anglia and the south—east, temperatures should be a little bitthere is more rain to come as we head into the start of next week because low pressure still in charge. that is sitting over the uk. we are looking at more rain more widely, i think. uk. we are looking at more rain more widely, ithink. it uk. we are looking at more rain more widely, i think. it could lead to localised flooding. downpours developing in scotland. it looks at this stage that northern ireland may see some of the driest weather. that low pressure bringing the downpour pushes away and it starts to dry. this is where all the heavy downpours are. not far away from the south—east of england. a few showers around on tuesday but fewer and lighter so temperatures will start to creep up just

light heavy thundery rain will drift up from the south affecting southern england, the wales, the midlands, eastonto some sunshine and some warmth with highs of 26 degrees. looking ahead to sunday, a lot of dry weather abound, especially towards the north—west. more thunderstorms in the and east.

the day on monday it will be dry and brighter day with only a few showers, the same for wales, midlands and eastand some longer spells of rain into northern scotland through the afternoon where we need that extra bit of rain at the moment. although not great news if you are on a holiday. temperatures down on the weekend. monday night, after a wet end to the day in the south—west and the channel islands, that swirl of winds, low pressure pushing northwards and eastwards, throwing some torrential and persistent rain north across england and wales, and strengthening winds into tuesday morning across southern counties, 40—60mph gusts could cause damage and travel disruption. heavy showers to go with it, whipping across the sky through the morning. longer spells of rain, some heavy and thundery in northern england, potentially into southern and eastern scotland. a sunshine and shower mix further west. with the breeze in place for southern areas it will be a cooler day but even further north temperatures down on theweekend even though winds are generally lighter. more sunshine and thundery showers for