this by sunday is actually storm freya. it isa by sunday is actually storm freya.e southern flank. this is where we have the yellow wind warnings from the met office at this stage. they come as wales undergo pa rt stage. they come as wales undergo part of england in particular. they winds pick—up tomorrow afternoon in the evening, 60—70, possibly even 80 miles an hour, and then the strength of the women's transfer northwards overnight to more modern parts of england. by the time of more northern parts of england. then it takes the worst of the when away with it and will be a blustery day with it and will be a blustery day with sunshine and showers possibly into tuesday. but storm freya is the one to watch. this time last year was storm emma, it brought huge amounts of snow because it ran into the cold air from the abuse from that used. but milder air at the moment —— the beast from the east. but milder air at the moment. more on your local radio. once freya has passed on, what do we get next? gareth, name of out what do we get next? gareth, name of our forecast who

most people getting a taste of storm freya. heading north and east. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, says a tentative peace process to end yemen's civil war, is in the "last chance saloon." on a visit to the country, he said an agreement to end the fighting in the key port city of hodaydah, could be "dead within weeks," if both sides don't stick to their commitments. thousands have died in the civil war, between iran—backed houthi rebels, and an international coalition led by saudi arabia. paul adams has been travelling with the saudi military, and reports from the front line in the north—west of the country. you may some details distressing. a dusty ride to one of yemen's many front lines. the coalition says it is making progress pushing the huthi rebels back into their mountainous heartland. the fighting has been fierce. in these shattered villages, there are no civilians left. throughout this long war, much of the real fighting is taking place appear in the mountains. in some of the most rugged terrain in the world, for a

and after the windy and very wintry weather of storm freya last night, thatis weather of storm freyalast night, that is now out of the way. a mixture of sunshine and showers. i will have all the latest details here on breakfast. it is monday 4 march. our top story: a £1.6 billion fund is being launched to help struggling towns after brexit. the government says more than half the money will go to the north of england and the midlands, to try to bring jobs and boost the economy. the labour party has accused the prime minister of attempting to bribe mps to vote for her brexit deal. our political correspondent ben wrightjoins us from westminster. so there is more money, but there is criticism. yes, there is criticism about this and the suspicion that this is a very crude bribe to try and persuade some labour mps to swing behind the prime minister's brexit deal in the next week or so when she brings it back to the house of commons. and it is true that a few weeks ago the prime minister met some labour mps few weeks ago the prime minister met some labourmps in few weeks ago the prime minis

storm freya arriving tomorrow. right 110w storm freya arriving tomorrow.eastern side, ve ntosa and drizzle for the eastern side, ventosa comes through, not a great deal. very quickly this morning it turns wet and windy. that will push into scotland and then westernmost parts of england and wales. windy weather arriving with that rain, especially for northern ireland, was in scotland, strong to gale force winds. you will find temperatures 10- 11 winds. you will find temperatures 10— 11 degrees. whait stays dry, the midlands and much of eastern england, temperatures could be up to 14 degrees. —— where it stays dry. the windy weather pushes its way through tonight. never be away from the southernmost parts. very windy overnight for scotland and northern england. frequent and heavy showers to come. in between, breaks in the cloud. get a little bit chilly. it averages down to three or four degrees. tomorrow it stays wet and windy in the north—west of scotland. rain and southern parts of england and wales. it starts to move northwards, maybe getting towards the

. —— storm freya.ting up to 70 mph. heavy showers and snow to the higher hills, outbreaks of rain across southern england lingering through the night. elsewhere, a cooler night in many places will be dry. tomorrow starts very windy in northern scotland with heavy showers in the winter showers slowly ease slider in the day. from storm freya it is rain coming from southern england and moving its way northwards. reaching into parts of northern ireland in southern scotla nd northern ireland in southern scotland later. the more likely you will see more snow on the north. pretty mild further south but all the while the storm freya, the winds are picking up. like arrows indicate some of the wind gust we are getting during sunday. but the peak winds are late sunday and sunday night. —— the black arrows. here it is again, this area of low pressure, storm freya, the strongest winds where the isobars are closest together on the southern flank. turning storm year sunday. let's take a closer look. some of the coast

and then comes freya. storm, but it will expressively deepen as it arrives across our shores. we are left with some very strong winds. for a sunday, the first signs of freya, will we see rain edging, but the strong winds that will come overnight was slowly easing scotland. blustery here, with sunshine and if few passing showers. milder in the south, a bit cooler further north on sunday. but it is later on sunday that we see those winds really pick up. a met office warning for this area at the moment, across england and wales. the winds across england and wales. the winds across than i have been —— irish sea coast, and that's swathes of windy weather will then spread inland. when‘s the strong, potentially could bring down one or two trees, so we could see some transport disruption as we head into the early hours of monday morning. thank you. the brexit ferry fiasco — now, the government has to pay £33 million to eurotunnel. the comnpany said contracts for extra ferry services if there's a no—deal brexit wer

surely find out more about storm freya ? surely find out more about storm freya?ter today and into tomorrow morning, likely to be some damage and disruption as well. already got some rain around. if we look at the satellite picture this is the developing storm. this is the cloud head, the classic sign of a deepening area of low pressure, cloud tucking in behind that as well. that will mean strengthening winds. but not just well. that will mean strengthening winds. but notjust yet. the strongest winds right now are across central and northern scotland where there are some frequent and heavy showers. we do have this rain moving northwards. one area followed by another area of rain following up to the borders and into northern ireland. then it dries up for wales and the south—west of england. we will fight temperatures as high as 12 or 13 degrees. by this stage the winds will have dropped —— we will find. the latest winds for northern ireland. the strongest for the south—west of england. 64 mph gusts there are already. this is because we have got storm freya arriving

up to 80 in a few spots, and elsewhere through that warning zone, some gusts of 50—60 mph as storm freyaou've got plans on sunday. all starts to push away on monday, just still a few showers and lighter winds. you're watching bbc news. i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: the family of a us student who died after he was jailed in north korea criticise president trump for praising kim jong—un. meanwhile, the north korean leader is set to leave vietnam after the failed summit. this is the scene in hanoi, where he is expected to get on his train home. clashes in algeria, as tens of thousands protest against their ailing president's decision to run for a fifth term. celebrations as the indian pilot captured by pakistan is released. but will his safe return bring both countries back from the brink of war? and nasa's groundbreaking mars mission gets underway,

as the winds in n association with this area of rain arriving that our storm freya. basically, those gusts could touch up basically, those gusts could touch up to 70 miles be in line for some around irish sea coasts and this is bbc news — the headlines. a 17—year—old girl has been stabbed to death in park near romford, east london, the 18th person killed in the capital this year. i've had a daughter aged 17, many londoners living around will have children. they will know people who are long and back for the grace of god could be any one of our children who lost their lives last night. —— but for their lives last night. —— but for the grace of god. america's ambassador to the uk urges britain to embrace us farming methods to help secure a post—brexit trade deal, dismissing fears over chlorine—washed chicken and hormone—fed beef. labour's internal row over anti—semitism has deepened with two of the party's most senior figures clashing over how to handle complaints. in a special programme now, talking movies looks back at the 2019 oscars ceremony. hello from hollywood.

storm freya well and truly off into scandinavia, but with low pressure still keeping things unsettledells of rain, centred across northern parts of the uk. hill snow as well. that will tend to ease in the south ahead of this next area of rain which is our next area of low pressure. midweek looks set to turn very much more unsettled once again with more widespread rain or heavy showers. strong winds for a time, and yes, a more lengthy spell of snow, potentially, as that weather system comes into that cold air across the northern half of the country. that is something we will keep our eyes on. heavy showers, hail and thunder and gusty winds as well. a tale of two halves on wednesday. so it does look much more unsettled than last week. they will be chilly weather towards the end of the week when that quietens down. in the meantime, the warnings are on the website. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: turning up the pressure on trump. a congressional committee demands documents from dozens of people to examin

here is another look at storm freya, this deepening area of low pressure., it's england and wales in the target zone for some disruption. 60 to 70 miles an hour, these are the wind gusts out to the west but there will be some spots on the coast and some hills with up to 80 miles an hour in places. elsewhere in england and wales, we are talking 65 mph gusts. some hill snow as well in the pennines and northern ireland for a time. storm freya will bring some disruption through the night and into monday morning with the risk of power interruption in places as well and the chance of seeing some damage. do check the situation with the bbc local radio station as you head out first thing on monday. the circulation of storm freya is moving out into the north sea on monday. still windy to begin the day, but the winds slowly ease. it stays busy with sunshine and showers on what will be a cooler day for monday. it's a sign of things to come as the week goes on. certainly cooler compared with last week. sun and showers to start the week, but then another spell of rain m

so spells of wind and rain, but it's this second system on sunday, named by the met office as storm freya, and we'll get to that in a moment. saturday starts still a little damp across eastern parts of the uk, with overnight rain clearing away. plenty of mist and fog, beyond a patch to the north—west initially. but remember that first area of low pressure. here comes the rain from it quite quickly into northern ireland, western scotland, parts of wales, and all of that will push further east as we go through the evening. so if you're not wet by day, you will eventually see some rain out of it. now, the winds start to strengthen too. these are average speeds. gusts will be stronger for northern ireland and western and northern scotland, could see some gusts in excess of 60 mph here. now, going into saturday night, it's the western isles that could well see some gusts up to around 70 mph, rattling through north—west scotland, snow through the high hills, maybe some rumbles of thunder. whilst many other places will turn drier, the rain never really clears from southernmost counties of englan

there's storm freya, well and truly off into parts of scandinavia.gs unsettled. there will be showers or longer spells of rain, centred across northern parts of the uk. hill snow as well. they will tend to ease in the south ahead of this next area of rain, which is our next area of low pressure. so midweek looks set to turn very much more unsettled once again, with more widespread rain or heavy showers, strong winds for a time, and yes, a more lengthy spell of snow, potentially, as it comes — that weather system comes into that cold air across the northern half of the country. so that's something we'll keep our eye on. much milder airfollows on behind, with heavy showers, hail and thunder and gusty winds as well. so a tale of two halves, really, wednesday. so it does look much more unsettled than last week. there will be some chillier weather towards the end of the week, when it quietens down, but for the meantime, the warnings are on the website. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: a £1.6

storm freya, is blowing in off the atlantic, with winds of up to 80 miles an hour.the midlands lie in her path.. and the midlands lie in her path. kathryn stanczyszyn is on bardon hill tonight, how is it looking? those balmy days of february are looking like a long way away, the storm is moving across the country and so far the south—west and wales have seen the worst of it, the highest wind speeds recorded on the mumbles near swansea. most of england, wales and scotland are going to see gusts of more likemph but there is a other yellow weather warning in place from the met office until six clock in the morning tomorrow and that is a threat to life warning because of the worries about falling debris from buildings, falling trees and we could indeed see some travel disruption by the morning. so, most people getting a taste of storm freya, she is in the midlands right now before heading north and east, light sleepers are infora north and east, light sleepers are in for a restless night. kathryn stanczyszyn , thank you for that, on bardon hill in leicestershire. the fo

that is the second part of storm freya, first the wind, then the rain.em really across parts of england and wales, where the met office has this yellow warning area. it will be turning windier particularly towards the end of sunday into sunday night, initially around some irish sea coasts, the coast of south—west england, 70 mile an hour gusts, maybe up to 80 in a few spots, and elsewhere through that warning zone, some gusts 50 to 60 miles an hour as storm freya moves east. still some uncertainty about the detail here, so keep watching if you have plans on sunday. it all starts to push away on monday, just a few showers and lighter winds. hello and welcome to bbc news. president trump has rejected claims that he failed to hold north korea's leader kim jong—un to account for the death of an american student. 0tto warmbier was sentenced by a north korean court to 15 years in 2016 after being accused of stealing a poster. he was in a coma when he was released 17 months later, and died soon after returning to the united states. his family rebuked president

up to 80 in a few spots, and elsewhere through that warning zone, some gusts of 50—60 mph as storm freyaplans on sunday. all starts to push away on monday, just to a few showers and lighter winds. this is bbc news. the headlines: the family of a us student who died after he was jailed in north korea have criticised president trump — for praising kim jong—un. otto warmbier‘s parents said "no excuse. . . can change" that "kim and his evil regime" killed their son. their comments came after mr trump heaped compliments on the north korean leader. demonstrators have clashed with police in algeria — as tens of thousands protested against the president's decision to run for a fifth term. authorities say more than 50 police officers have been injured. president bouteflika, who's 81, has rarely been seen in public since suffering a stroke six years ago. pakistan has freed an indian fighter pilot captured after his jet was shot down in the disputed region of kashmir. wing commander abhinandan varthaman was handed over at a border crossing in punjab. a man's been jailed for 8.5 years for the mansla

now storm freya is likely to affect portions of england and wales, but it's the western side of thisncerned about, very strong winds. gusts of 60—70 mph near the coast. inland, as the storm moves, we could see 50—60 mph, but there could be a few spots of exposure along the coast of northwest england, which could see 80 mph. this is potentially disruptive, all things sweep through sunday night and into monday, the winds will be later, still quite fresh from the westerly direction. that will bring early showers into next week. it will remain cool and breezy at times. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00pm: the government agrees to pay £33 million to eurotunnel to settle a lawsuit over extra ferry services in the event of a no—deal brexit. labour says the transport secretary, chris grayling, has made too many mistakes in government and needs to go. he stumbles from catastrophe to disaster, and it's just gross incompetence on a industrial scale. enough is enough, and he must be out of his post by monday. an indian fighter pilot shot down by pakistan over disputed kashmir is handed ba

here is another look at storm freya, this deepening area of low pressure.o early monday, it's england and wales in the target zone for some disruption. 60 to 70 miles an hour, these are the wind gusts out to the west but there will be some spots on the coast and some hills with up to 80 miles an hour in places. elsewhere in england and wales, we are talking 65 mph gusts. some hill snow as well in the pennines and northern ireland for a time. storm freya will bring some disruption through the night and into monday morning with the risk of power interruption in places as well and the chance of seeing some damage. do check the situation with the bbc local radio station as you head out first thing on monday. the circulation of storm freya is moving out into the north sea on monday. still windy to begin the day, but the winds slowly ease. it stays busy with sunshine and showers on what will be a cooler day for monday. it's a sign of things to come as the week goes on. certainly cooler compared with last week. sun and showers to start the week, but then another s

up to 80 in a few spots, and elsewhere through that warning zone, some gusts of 50—60 mph as storm freyaon sunday. all starts to push away on monday, just still a few showers and lighter winds. this is bbc news, the headlines: the family of a us student who died after he was jailed in north korea have criticised president trump for praising kim jong—un. otto warmbier‘s parents said "no excuse... can change" that "kim and his evil regime" killed their son. their comments came after mr trump heaped compliments on the north korean leader. pakistan has freed an indian fighter pilot captured after his jet was shot down in the disputed region of kashmir. wing commander abhinandan varthaman was handed over at a border

up to 80 in a few spots, and elsewhere through that warning zone, some gusts of 50—60 mph as storm freyay. all starts to push away on monday, just to a few showers and lighter winds. this is bbc news. the headlines: the family of a us student who died after he was jailed in north korea have criticised president trump — for praising kim jong—un. otto warmbier‘s parents said "no excuse. . . can change" that "kim and his evil regime" killed their son. their comments came after mr trump heaped compliments on the north korean leader. canada has cleared the way for the us to start extradition proceedings against huawei's chief financial officer — prompting an angry response from beijing. meng wanzhou was detained in vancouver last year at washington's request. she firmly denies allegations of bank fraud and helping her company break us sanctions. pakistan has freed an indian fighter pilot captured after his jet was shot down in the disputed region of kashmir. wing commander abhinandan varthaman was handed over at a border crossing in punjab. pakistan's prime minister has called the move a gest

so the full brunt of freya expected to arrive here in the midlands around midnight, possibly into therkshire, then out over the north sea. so as you can see, she's not even here yet, but it is pretty windy here. you can see these conditions all over the country. the authorities in calais say 63 migrants have been detained after climbing aboard a cross—channel ferry. they were discovered soon after the ship arrived from dover last night, as danny aeber—hard reports. this incident is unusual and embarrassing for the authorities. they are more used to trying to deter attempts by migrants to stow away or be smuggled in vehicles crossing by ferry or via the channel tunnel. there has also been a recent rise in the use of small craft to cross the strait. the migrants breached the security perimeter and used a maintenance ladder to climb on deck last night. the whole ship, run by the dfds line, had to be searched, causing delays but it has now resumed service. the search for a british climber who's been missing on one of the world's highest mountains for nearly a week, has been called off for

up to 80 in a few spots, and elsewhere through that warning zone, some gusts of 50—60 mph as storm freya you've got plans on sunday. all starts to push away on monday, just still a few showers and lighter winds. good morning. welcome to breakfast, withjon kay and naga munchetty. our headlines today: the countdown begins. spacex prepares to launch an uncrewed spacecraft. if successful, astronauts could travel to the international space station later this year. clashes at the top of the labour party over how to deal with antisemitism. it is glasgow's golden girls. katarina johnson—thompson and laura muir win on the opening night of european indoor athletic championships. and i've been lying down on thejob to meet the daring motorbike team who are revving up to do stunts as early as the age of five. does scone rhyme with gone or bone?

so spells of wind and rain, but it's this second system on sunday, named by the met office as storm freyapunch, if you like, and we'll get to that in a moment. saturday starts still a little damp across eastern parts of the uk, with overnight rain clearing away. plenty of mist and fog, beyond a patch to the north—west initially. and many of us will brighten up for a time. but remember that first area of low pressure. here comes the rain from it quite quickly into northern ireland, western scotland, parts of wales, and all of that will push further east as we go through the evening. so if you're not wet by day, you will eventually see some rain out of it. now, the winds start to strengthen too. these are average speeds. gusts will be stronger for northern ireland into western and northern scotland, could see some gusts in excess of 60 mph here. now, going into saturday night, it's the western isles that could well see some gusts up to around 70 mph, plenty of heavy showers rattling through north—west scotland, snow to the higher hills, maybe some rumbles of thunder. whilst many other place

here is storm freya, a deepening area of low pressure strengthening through sunday. up to 70 mph. showers moving in as well. so to the higher hills. some rain lingering overnight across other parts of england. elsewhere, where you have some rain, it will turn drier. they cool an eye to come. marvin rees hour. strong winds and heavy showers in northern scotla nd and heavy showers in northern scotland is tomorrow. then we look to the south, storm freya moving in, initially with rain pushing northwards through england and wales into parts of northern england and southern scotland later, it reaches into northern ireland, the pennines, we could see snow to the hills from that. the winds are picking up. these are some of the gusts we are going to be getting during sunday. the black arrows are wind gusts. it is down towards the south—west of the uk initially where the winds picked up late in the afternoon. it is on the southern flank of this the isobars are close together. this is where we get the strongest winds. we end sunday, late afternoon, into the evening, with gusts

this is going to become storm freya and it's going to become storm freya and it's going to become storm freya and it's going to bring strong winds across the british isles as we go through sunday and into the early hours of monday. through the rest of the afternoon it's quite a quiet weather picture. a lot of dry weather too. some rain working into northern ireland late in the day and that will continue to push its way into scotland, england and wales, as we go through the night, clearing through further west so it will become drierfor a time in northern ireland and it's a relatively mild night, temperatures between 4—9dc. as far as the weekend is concerned we have a couple of areas of low pressure moving in, both bringing spells of wet and windy weather. there will be some rain at times and gales or even severe gales as well. the first of these low pressure systems come in during saturday forced up although for many as it should be a dry start to the day, it will turn wet and windy particularly across the north—west of the country. a little bit of sunshine around across scotland, engla

for sunday, it is all about storm freya. monday, up to 70 mph, the risk of some damage and disruption. the low that brought southern a's strong winds to scotla nd southern a's strong winds to scotland will pull away north. the winds in scotland lighter on sunday but freya closing in on the south—west and will really kick the winds up, even three sunday afternoon, around irish sea coast, dusk could go up to 70 mph, plenty of rain as well. i think the rain just reaching northern ireland by the evening, starting to fringe into southern scotland. we watch as the low centre tracks across the uk overnight sunday into monday so through the late evening, the midlands and northern england bearing the brunt of the worst of the winds. 0n bearing the brunt of the worst of the winds. on a positive note, the low will clear off into the north sea on monday morning so a difficult rush hour across parts of northern england but as the day pans out, the wind is quite light for many, they should be a lot of sunshine around but there will be som

there's storm freya, well and truly off into parts of scandinavia.wers or longer spells of rain, centred across northern parts of the uk. hill snow as well. they will tend to ease in the south ahead of this next area of rain, which is our next area of low pressure. so midweek looks set to turn very much more unsettled once again, with more widespread rain or heavy showers, strong winds for a time, and yes, a more lengthy spell of snow, potentially, as it comes — that weather system comes into that cold air across the northern half of the country. so that's something that we'll keep our eye on. much milder airfollows on behind, with heavy showers, hail and thunder and gusty winds as well. so a tale of two halves, really, on wednesday. so it does look much more unsettled than last week. there will be chilly weather towards the end of the week when it quietens down, but for the meantime, the warnings are on the website. this is the briefing. i'm sally bundock. our top stories: tornados in the us state of alabama have killed at least 22 people and left d

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it was a stormy end to the weekend and storm freya is still with us.xt few hours, we will continue to see some very lively gus is of wind, which could fell trees, and indeed not only have we had heavy rain but snow as well. —— gusts of wind. the cold air is digging in, you can see behind this storm system it is turning that rain to snow. still a few more hours of nasty weather out and about. there are met office warnings on the website. those strong, gusty winds with us in southern areas, and the rain as well. the cold air is turning the rain to snow over the hills in particular, but once it does clear it is chilly outside. frost around the northern ireland scotla nd frost around the northern ireland scotland and northern england. 0therwise quite a promising start to oui’ 0therwise quite a promising start to our monday. plenty of sunshine. there will be showers. quite a lot of showers, right from early on in across the northern hours. they will ta ke across the northern hours. they will take a long time to get going across mainland scotland, but they w

in fact, storm freya is still across our shores, there is still across our shores, there is still the heavy rain, some snow, especially over the hills, but even to lower levels. and those gales, really packing a punch. severe gales and places. this is that tell—tale area of cloud. storm freya, which is going to move out quite quickly through the early hours of monday into the north sea. it does clear out the way, we've got the remnants of the rain in the south, strong and gusty winds, very lively winds, even in land, and we have seen that all trees. then we've got that heavy rain and gale force winds driving down the north sea coast again with so. down the north sea coast again with so. pretty chilly behind it, with frost the northern and western areas. i suppose the potential is there dore bit of ice first thing. 0therwise, there dore bit of ice first thing. otherwise, and much brighter start than we had on sunday. that sunshine continues, but with it comes the increased risk of showers developing in the afternoon. that will obviously temper the way that things feel. plenty of shower

it is notjust rain with storm freya, more importantly, it is strengthening south—westerly winds.er because of wales and western england, 60, up to 80 mph. elsewhere, overnight and into monday, up to 65 mph winds. there could be some damage and disruption. worth checking the travel situation near me “— worth checking the travel situation near me —— near you before you head out on monday morning. welcome to bbc news, i'm samantha simmonds. our top stories: president trump attacks robert mueller saying the probe on alleged russian interference is an attempt "to take him out". the let's inspect every deal he has ever done, we are going to go into his finances, we are going to check every deal, we are going to check... these people are sick. they are sick. bernie sanders kick starts his campaign for the white house, vowing to fight against greed, hated and lies. 3, 2, 1, zero, lift off. paving the way for passenger travel — nasa and spacex test launch their new astronaut taxi. bushfires sweep south east australia, as the country struggles with the hottest summer on record. and japan's

storm freya is bearing down on the uk now, bringing a stormy end to the week, so that is destructivettle snow. the wendy's what thatis even a little snow. the wendy's what that is across england and wales, of course it was by the north across scotland. it was a telltale sign hanging with them notjust those strong winds, but heavy rain and potential of snow to clear the way for northern ireland in england and wales. locally, gusts of 70 mph, enough to bring down some trees. winter weather is gathering around northern england, by morning, the strongest winds will be confined to eastern and southern areas, still blowing a gale. severe gales, overnight. the skies clear later in the night, but of course by that stage, the low pressure, storm freya, is into the north sea. these come down. there will be plenty of sunshine to start with, but the day of heavy showers, quite a brisk wind. quite pleasant in the sunshine, but expect some of those that some hail and thunder with them as well. that is because that low— pressure as well. that is because that low—pressure sitting close by to our nor

freya beamish, chief asia economist at pantheon macroeconomics.ning us. your assessment of the chinese economy and what we will hear next week at the people's congress. what kind of reforms would you expect to see? freya: the reforms that we are expecting to come out of the congress really should be on the fiscal side of things. that's where they really need to move forward, from a broader perspective, at the moment. the targets -- economic targets for this year will be made official at that meeting as well. the one that is really interesting is the government deficit target, which reports suggest will be increased from 2.8% of gdp from 2.6%. they have already taken quite a substantial fiscal loosening over the course of last year. the deficit is somewhere in the region of 4% or even larger than that. there needs to be clear thinking about how they will proceed with the division of spending between local governments and central government and potentially bringing more onto balance sheet, although i do not expect that to come through in this partic

storm freya well and truly off into scandinavia, but with low pressure still keeping things unsettledn parts of the uk. hill snow as well. that will tend to ease in the south ahead of this next area of rain which is our next area of low pressure. midweek looks set to turn very much more unsettled once again with more widespread rain or heavy showers. strong winds for a time, and yes, a more lengthy spell of snow, potentially, as that weather system comes into that cold air across the northern half of the country. that is something we will keep our eyes on. heavy showers, hail and thunder and gusty winds as well. a tale of two halves on wednesday. so it does look much more unsettled than last week. they will be chilly weather towards the end of the week when that quietens down. in the meantime, the warnings are on the website. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: turning up the pressure on trump. a congressional committee demands documents from dozens of people to examine allegations that the president obstructed justice. five years after the disappearance of flight mh370, malay

so the full brunt of freya expected to arrive here in the midlands around midnight, possibly into thes yorkshire, then out over the north sea. so as you can see, she's not even here yet, but it is pretty windy here. you can see these conditions all over the country. the search for a british climber who's been missing on one of the world highest mountains for nearly a week, has been called off for the day. tom ballard and his italian climbing partner, were scaling a peak in pakistan known as "killer mountain", when they last made contact. our correspondent richard galpin is following the story in islamabad. there's been yet another setback. there had been a lot of hope that a spanish climber who had been on k2 would be brought to naga parbat, the killer mountain, and he has several high—altitude drones with him and the idea was that those would be used to scour the mountain to try and find these missing climbers. but that attempt to get him to naga parbat base camp has failed. they got as far as skardu, the nearest town to the base camp, but then could not fly on any further in the pak

storm freya well and truly off into scandinavia, but with low pressure still keeping things unsettledof the uk. hill snow as well. that will tend to ease in the south ahead of this next area of rain which is our next area of low pressure. midweek looks set to turn very much more unsettled once again with more widespread rain or heavy showers. strong winds for a time, and yes, a more lengthy spell of snow, potentially, as that weather system comes into that cold air across the northern half of the country. that is something we will keep our eyes on. milder airfollowing behind and heavy showers, hail and thunder and gusty winds as well. a tale of two halves on wednesday. so it does look much more unsettled than last week. they will be chilly weather towards the end of the week when that quietens down. 00:28:57,179 --> 2147483051:51:13,304 in the meantime, the warnings 2147483051:51:13,304 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 are on the website. this is bbc news, the headlines: president donald trump is under pressure from a congressional commitee which has demanded documents from dozens of people,

storm freya well and truly off into scandinavia, but with low pressure still keeping things unsettledhe uk. hill snow as well. that will tend to ease in the south ahead of this next area of rain which is our next area of low pressure. midweek looks set to turn very much more unsettled once again with more widespread rain or heavy showers. strong winds for a time, and yes, a more lengthy spell of snow, potentially, as that weather system comes into that cold air across the northern half of the country. that is something we will keep our eyes on. heavy showers, hail and thunder and gusty winds as well. a tale of two halves on wednesday. so it does look much more unsettled than last week. they will be chilly weather towards the end of the week when that quietens down. in the meantime, the warnings are on the website. you are watching bbc news. our top story: a senior us congressman is leading an investigation into president trump for possible obstruction of justice. documents will be requested from more than 60 people and organisations close to president trump, including his son donald j

storm freya head out into the sea. a few showers tracking their way eastwards.cool a filter the weather on monday. that is a sign of things to come through the week ahead. sun and showers at first. wet and windy again midweek. if you want a repeat of the warmth of last week, that isn't coming. temperatures will be below average for the time of year in some spots. that is your forecast. hello. this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. but first, the headlines: the 17—year—old girl stabbed to death in a park in east london has been named as jodie chesney. she's the 18th homicide victim in the capital this year. i have a daughter who is 17 years old. many londoners and many people around the country have children who are young and not for the grace of god could be the child who lost their life last night. the former lord chancellor, lord falconer, has revealed that he hasn't yet agreed to take up a new anti—semitism role within labour, despite the party's most senior official saying he already has. ameri

there's storm freya, well and truly off into parts of scandinavia.ill be showers or longer spells of rain, centred across northern parts of the uk. hill snow as well. they will tend to ease in the south ahead of this next area of rain, which is our next area of low pressure. so midweek looks set to turn very much more unsettled once again, with more widespread rain or heavy showers, strong winds for a time, and yes, a more lengthy spell of snow, potentially, as it comes — that weather system comes into that cold air across the northern half of the country. so that's something that we'll keep our eye on. much milder airfollows on behind, with heavy showers, hail and thunder and gusty winds as well. so a tale of two halves, really, on wednesday. so it does look much more unsettled than last week. they will be chilly weather towards the end of the week when that quietens down, but for the meantime, the warnings are on the website. this is bbc news. the headlines: president donald trump is under pressure from a democrat—led congressional committee, which

in fact, storm freya is still across our shores, so there's still the potential for the next few hoursot the heavy rain, some snow, especially over the hills, but even to some lower levels, and those gales really packing a punch, perhaps some severe gales in places. this is that tell—tale area of cloud, storm freya, which is going to move out quite quickly through the early hours of monday into the north sea. of the rain in the south, strong and gusty winds, very lively winds, even inland, and we've seen it fell trees as well. then we've got that heavy rain and gale force winds driving down the north sea coast again. and it's pretty chilly behind it, with frost in northern and western areas, so i suppose the potential is there for a bit of ice first thing. otherwise, a much brighter start than we had on sunday. that sunshine continues, but with it comes the increased risk of showers developing into the afternoon, and that will obviously temper the way that things feel. plenty of showers for the northern and western isles, coming into mainland scotland eventually, into northern ireland

not as strong as storm freya but some of the ring could be intense for a time.e some snow on the tops of the mountains, a breezy afternoon behind, a little bit warmer, 13 celsius but a cool day. sunshine and showers, wet and windy through the middle of the week and then noticeably cooler. hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. today at 2: calls for the appointment of a knife csar, after two 17—year—olds became the latest victims of a series of fatal stabbings of fatal stabbings. we actually also need to address this across the causes of knife crime, why it is that so many young people are carrying knives. one incident, one injury, one death, is one too many. tackling violent crime remains the top priority. claims of a brexit bribe, as the government announces £1.6 billion for deprived towns in england. at least 23 people are dead and there's catastrophic damage after tornadoes hit alabama in the united states.

storm freya set to arrive later tomorrow. the winter light at the moment.les. strong to gale force winds, western scotland, northern ireland. in the rain, 11, were at stays dry it should be 1a degrees. we have rain during the evening. it's windy in the north—west of scotland, gales or severe is —— severe gales. the rain never really clears away from southern england. in between we have clearer skies. the temperatures will dip away to three aw four celsius. the rest is windy in the north—west of scotland, more showers to come. this rain we have across other parts of england and wales starts to move northwards. one band of rain followed by another, probably getting as far as southern scotland and northern ireland. shell is following in behind late in the day. —— showers. it is the strength of the wind we have to worry about. that is coming because of this deep area of low pressure which will be storm freya later on tomorrow. the track may change a bit. stronger twins on the southern flank. as a result we have a yellow wind warning from the met office —— stron

tomorrow, heavy showers and very strong winds across northern scotland will slowly ease, and then storm freya moves into the uk, with first rain spreading across north across england and wales into parts of northern ireland and southern scotland, and then strengthening winds. they will be strengthened southwestern winds. these are some of the gusts we're going to experience as the day goes on. towards the end of the day, for wales and western coasts of england, they're going to be seeing some gusts around 70—80 mph. over many parts of england and wales, some gusts of up to 50—65 miles an hour through the night into monday morning. so i think there will some disruption in places. worth checking the situation near you as you head out on monday morning. this is bbc news. a reminder of our headlines. a 17—year—old girl has been stabbed to death in a park near romford, east london, the 18th person killed in the capital this year. i have a daughter age seven years old. many londoners will have children and know people who are young and by the grace of god, that could've been one of our children who

here is the centre of storm freya on the satellite picture currently and that centre will roll acrossening, going across northern england and out into the north sea. the south—west england and wales will bear the brunt of the strong winds first. rains across almost all parts of england and wales through the afternoon, the winds for scotland though which have been so strong will now gradually start to ease. the focus of the strong winds shift further south. gusts 50 to 60 inland, higher here with windy at the end of the night for parts of northern england and lincolnshire. chilly where sky clear elsewhere temperatures up around five or 6 degrees. this low into the north sea first thing on monday so the skies will brighten considerably through monday morning. rain through southern counties of england first thing but sunshine before heavy showers come in from the west in the afternoon, maybe with the chance of some thunder and a chillier field to what we have been used to, temperatures widely in single figures. an unsettled week ahead with low pressure never far away. tuesday, one sittin

the strongest swathe of winds from freya as we go into the later stages of the afternoon and evening.ok at that. some gusts around 60 to 70 miles an hour. maybe some of the coasts of wales up to around 80 miles an hour for a time, the very strongest gusts. we could see gusts elsewhere of 60—65 miles an hour, a hint of hill snow, as we go into monday, those winds will gradually ease. but there could well be some damage and some disruption, so it's worth keeping in touch with the travel situation near you as we go through sunday night, but i think especially before you head out on monday morning. a slight improvement on monday, it will still be very windy as the day begins across eastern parts of the uk in particular, we're going to push away the early rain here. then for many of us, there'll be some sunshine, a few showers start to push in from the west during the day. it stays quite breezy, it's just a gradual improvement in terms of the strongest winds easing down. it will be a cooler feeling day though. that's a sign of things to come as we go through the week. temperatures lower. s

this is when we have the arrival of storm at freya. track could change, this is what we have the yellow warning from the met office, warnings later on on sunday. it is the early afternoon, into the evening the wind is really such a pick up, initially in the south west of england and wales, 60—70 miles an hour maybe even 80. those stronger ones push their way northwards over night towards northern parts. as there is very windy here right the way through the night. into the rush hour, still wendy on monday morning, in north and eastern parts of england. then the stormers away and leaves us with blustery days with sunshine and some showers. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11.00am: three, two, one, zero, ignition. spacex's falcon rocket blasts off into orbit from florida's kennedy space centre. it's on a mission to show nasa it can carry astronauts into space. labour's internal row over anti—semitism has deepened with two of the party's most senior figures clashing over how to handle complaints. reports from the disputed region of kashm

the strongest swathe of winds from freya as we go into the later stages of the afternoon and evening.ts around 60 to 70 miles an hour. maybe some of the coasts of wales up to around 80 miles an hour for a time, the very strongest gusts. we could see gusts elsewhere of 60—65 miles an hour, a hint of hill snow, as we go into monday, those winds will gradually ease. but there could well be some damage and some disruption, so it's worth keeping in touch with the travel situation near you as we go through sunday night, but i think especially before you head out on monday morning. a slight improvement on monday, it will still be very windy as the day begins across eastern parts of the uk in particular, we're going to push away the early rain here. then for many of us, there'll be some sunshine, a few showers start to push in from the west during the day. it stays quite breezy, it's just a gradual improvement in terms of the strongest winds easing down. it will be a cooler feeling day though. that's a sign of things to come as we go through the week. temperatures lower compared with last wee

all because of storm freya. strengthen and rain is moving northwards. we have seen the strongest winds across the northern half of scotland, showers becoming fewer and more sunshine but the rain is heavy at times. pushing into parts of northern ireland. behind it things may dry up later in wales and south—west england and temperatures up to 13 degrees. by this stage the winds won't be as strong across northern scotland, the lightest of the winds will be in northern ireland. the strongest in south—west england and south wales. that is where we start to see the impact coming in from storm freya. the track of the storm, that area of low pressure hasn't changed much. the essentials of the forecast haven't changed much. through the afternoon and evening the main core of the winds are going to be across south—west england and wales. 60 to 70 miles an hour on the map. the winds ease down a bit overnight, the strongest of the winds then push into northern england. there may be snow over the pennines and southern uplands

we have low pressure, and storm freya named by the met office.n hour on western coasts. overnight, winds will probably ease down. the wind pushes up through the midlands and into northern england, combined with heavy rain and snow over the top of the pennines. and in the southern uplands, miserable overnight. at the same time, wet weather. pushing further into southern england. temperatures there at three or 4 degrees. still windy for the early rush—hour tomorrow morning in the north—east of england. the storm pushing out into the north sea. the winds will ease. sunshine and showers, showers in the west of the uk. eastern areas dry with the best of the sunshine. those temperatures are at 8—10d. near normalfor temperatures are at 8—10d. near normal for this temperatures are at 8—10d. near normalfor this time of temperatures are at 8—10d. near normal for this time of year. don't think we will get any better than that for the week ahead. very u nsettled that for the week ahead. very unsettled weather to come. mid week, another area of low pressure b