on thursday, some fairweather cloud out to the west, but lots of sunshine and warmth.ue possible 25 in london, 77 fahrenheit. enjoy. our latest headlines: the government says it has no plans for further our latest headlines: the government says it has no plans forfurther air strikes on syria and the deep divisions for position parties over the issue. the us prepares to impose new sanctions against russian companies with links to president assad. the chief executive of the worlds largest advertising agency, martin sorrell, over claims of personal misconduct. hundreds of australian firefighters are tackling a large bushfire threatening homes in the suburbs of sydney. the australian town taking its tourism up a gear. a fiery dc dish tested by 60 years of political titans. how to fly without leaving the ground. and the african national park fighting back against poachers. i thought it would be this depleted park. in fact, it's just teeming. but first today, i'm in alice springs, the red centre of australia's enormous and sparse northern territory. indigenous populations ha

on thursday, fairweather cloud to the west, but a fine day. light winds, lots of sunshine.f 25 celsius, or 77 fahrenheit. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11: the prime minister is expected to call an emergency debate in parliament on syria as the government says no further action is planned. the targets, suspected chemical weapons sites, but the bombing is being questioned by opposition parties. ican i can only countenance this involvement in syria if there is un authority behind it. the overwhelming reason why this was the right thing to do is because it deters the use of chemical weapons, notjust by the deters the use of chemical weapons, not just by the assad deters the use of chemical weapons, notjust by the assad regime, but around the world. one week on from the alleged chemical attack, we speak to one

this morning, when that is cleared, dry and bright day, plenty of spring sunshine, blue skies, fairweathert. cloud in the west tending to increase, turning sunshine hazy, light wind, looking at highs of around 13 degrees. touchdown on what we saw yesterday, highs of 15 degrees in norfolk. does not look set to last, that brief ridge of high pressure pushed out by low pressure, moving in from the west, more in the way of cloud and outbreaks of rain into northern ireland, and later into the early hour was, the west of scotland as well, dry weather through tonight, particularly for eastern parts, clear skies holding on, and the wind will start to strengthen as well as we move through tonight, temperatures cold is in the east, three to 7 degrees in the west. tomorrow we will see cloud and outbreaks of rain for the north and west, heavy bursts for scotland, northern ireland, gradually working its way east as we move through the day, into wales and parts of south—west. dry and bright weather, best of the brightness in the east, for central and eastern parts, temperatures at a maximum of 15 degree

a bit of fairweather cloud in the afternoon.egrees. mist is developing in western areas possibly tomorrow morning. tomorrow it will feel every so slightly more cool. highs of 25—26 degrees. again, there will be more blue skies and sunshine to come. temperatures will take a little bit of a dip over the course of the weekend. maybe some showers at times. but still pretty warm for the london marathon on sunday. that's it for now. if you want more, head to our website. hello, this is breakfast, with steph mcgovern and charlie stayt. a ban on plastic straws, cotton buds and drink stirrers. the government's latest plan to cut plastic waste but campaign groups say it doesn't go far enough. good morning, it's thursday 19th april. also this morning: dale winton, who became a household name as host of the game show supermarket sweep, has died at the age of 62. morning! debenhams is about to update us on what's going on with its business. it had a terrible christmas, a difficult time of march with snow may get an. we're going to find out a

. >>> as we look at the golden gate ridge right now, we have got fairweather cumulus clouds but that's about it. increasing sunshine on tap for tomorrow. life looks good. storm totals, sausalito, more than a 5 inches in 30 hours. in mill valley, and six inches of rain. oakland, more than 4 inches. ben loman in the santa cruz mountains got a little more than san francisco did. and, occidental, hope -- home of the stationhouse cafi, more than 7 inches of rain.>> there is fso -- sfo, they had 200 flights canceled. san jose and oakland didn't really have problems but sfo sure did. it's okay today. concord has 60s. we are all in the 60s at this hour. except san francisco, down to 59. over the past 24 hours, almost 4 inches in oakland. 1/3 in livermore can't be right. 1.5 inches in fremont. san jose, 1.06 inches. sfo had two inches. san francisco, 3. santa rosa, more than 3 inches of rain. canfield and marin county. 3 inches. >> here's how it looks. that low pressure is moving up to the pacific northwest, which will get rain and wind, as the low that produced all of this that tapped into tha

wanted to share that we have another way to acquire books that is very exciting which is through our fairweather prize and the luis meriwether prize started by my predecessor to make sure non-women writers of color would be able to get support for their work and that has a group of judges who sometimes change for the winner of that prize who gets deal from feminists press and we found other writers who didn't necessarily win the prize but were finalists whose books we acquired as well. >> how do you get that core audience? you acquire it but what goes into who is going to buy this book, how does that process work? >> getting support in-house? >> who is going to buy the book. who has the question ultimately? it is a core audience for that particular author. we published her first two books which i was a publicist and i would always say the core audience, and took that superseriously. not everyone does it and how does the author help build the core audience to make sure the book is moving. >> when the submission comes in usually the author or literary agent has some idea in the pitch comparing it

temperature is picking up the sunshine, patchy mist and fog all but gone, in for a sunny day with fairweatherheavy and thundery with hale, temperatures againjust heavy and thundery with hale, temperatures again just a little bit low the average for the month of may. aren‘t they going to rise? they are, look at the air mass going through the ensuing days, friday, saturday, sunday, the yellow returning to the charts, it will be cold in the south, but it will warm up, cold in the south, but it will warm hanging cold in the south, but it will warm up, hanging onto similar temperatures as we have today in the north. carroll, thank you, good news out there. carol always puts a positive spin on things. i think it‘s just for positive spin on things. i think it‘sjust for me. positive spin on things. i think it‘s just for me. but i think it‘s for other people as well, light at the end the tunnel. supermarket rivals sainsbury‘s and asda are set to merge to create a giant. ben‘s got more. yes, i‘ve been speaking to the boston in the last half hour, shares in sainsbury‘s jumping 20% when the markets opene

some fairweather cloud developing.ave ten or 11 in the north, highs of 14 to 16 in the south. blustery end to the afternoon, the wind continuing to strengthen as we go through the evening and overnight. clear skies to start with, so some pleasant sunsets this evening. you can see how the cloud builds as the weather front bearing rain comes in from the west. the heaviest rain will always be in the west as a continues to push eastwards, especially through tomorrow, where it will be a weakening feature. with all this going on it will not be a cold night, even when we have a clear skies. norwich seven, london about the nine mark. tomorrow we start off with clear skies and the south—east. here comes this weather front bringing the rain from the west towards the east. ahead of the cloud will build, turning the sunshine hazy. there will be some showers creeping in as well, temperatures 13 in the north to around 15 or 16 or a little bit higher in the south. on wednesday, once again a lot of dry weather around. a fair bit of su

some patchy fairweather cloud towards the north—west. already wind lighter by this stage.p stories developing at midday... theresa may is to face mps' questions after her decision to commit uk forces to missile strikes on syria this weekend. russia's foreign minister tells the bbc says there's no proof chemical weapons were used, and relations have been damaged by the strikes. i think it is worse because during the cold war there were channels of communication and their was not obsession. facing deportation after decades in the uk — a minister admits more must be done to help the windrush generation. james comey says donald trump is ‘unfit for office' in his first major interview since being fired as fbi director. he strikes me as a person of above—average intelligence who's tracking conversations and knows what's going on. i don't think he is medically unfit to be president, i think he is morally unfit to be president. also in the next hour... the sound of the night skies. a new mission from nasa to capture the songs of the stars. and anti—social drinking — wetherspoons d