griffith's film. but the consolidated power of white men, north and south, especially the ku klux klan. this image of a relatively weak lincoln presidency may be one reason why the story of story o lincoln's youth, his frontier upbringing, his awkward but heart felt romantic encounters, his mediocre performance as the new salem postal clerk. these stories became so captivating in the earliest 20th century because here was territory that could be mined for engaging human material without having to venture into the messy business of lincoln as a figure of power who actually enacted measures, emancipation, for example, that did not meet with universal acclaim. so in the '30s my argument is lincoln looks different. he is not a bland figure of moderation. in fact, he seems to foreshadow a more powerful nation state that was extending the blessings of freedom to a wider group of americans. with his image being consciously reworked by writers and politicians lincoln became a forerunner for the groundbreaking

dw griffith used lincoln as a a talkingfor his first film. griffith was another one w who said he was very much influenced by carl sandburg andn wanted to incorporate his. work in what he was doing. heus even tried to hireed carl s sandburg to be a consultant on his film but it turned out the sandburg was too expensive. i think he found someone else. nonetheless, griffiths lincoln has nothing of then sandburg lincoln about it. sahe is a bland and monotonous figure in the film. he is your standard issue person. as one reviewer explained, lincoln made a notable attempt to be fair to the two has of our nation. like a lot of the abrahamperson. lincoln's who were betrayed in this earlier. or before class and had been writing, lincoln was also a crude frontiersman. as of f nain one scene, the pret flops down on thebrah white houe floor to take ais e nap. it was a very bland, neutral, and fatigue lincoln who was portrayed. si think that image of lincoln in this. reflected the reluctance on the part of many white americans to invest the president wit

dw griffith used lincoln as a subject for his first talking film. was another one who said he was very much influenced by carl sandburg and wanted to incorporate his work in what he was doing. he even tried to hire carl sandburg to be a consultant on his film but it turned out the sandburg was too expensive. i think he found someone else. lincolness, griffiths has nothing of the sandburg lincoln about it. he is a bland and monotonous figure in the film. he is your standard issue person. as one reviewer explained, lincoln made a notable attempt to be fair to the two has of our nation. abrahamot of the lincoln's who were betrayed in this earlier. or before class and had been aiting, lincoln was also crude frontiersman. in one scene, the president flops down on the white house floor to take a nap. neutral,very bland, and fatigue lincoln who was portrayed. i think that image of lincoln in this. reflected the reluctance on the part of many white americans to the president with substantial power. precisely because lincoln in these years had to be safe. he

but its impressive scale is also what makes griffith park so. charmi abandoned zoo can co-exist with a merrgo-round.ck a and can rattle one side of the park while, on the other side, a mountain lion silently stalksts prey. with such sweeping diversity of landscapes and uses, how can you make sense of thislace? can we even say who it's for? the answer to these questions begins at one of l.a.'s hidden treasures--the city es.

. >> nathan masters: when it comes td understag griffith park, size is the enemy. at more than 4,500 acres, it's one of theci largest mul parks in the nation. its boundaries are sons exe, its terrain so rugged, there's no one place you n.can stand to take it all but its impressive scale is also what makes griffith park so charming. an abandoned zoo can -exist with a merry-go-round. a rock band can rattle one side of the park while, on the other side, a mountainion silently stalks its prey. with such sweeping diversity of landscapesnd uses, how can you make sense of this place? can we even say who it's for? the answer to these questions begins at one of l.a.'s hidden treasures--the city archives.

fellow pembroke college at the university of oxford welcome to you all a saying 1st of all martin griffiths the u.n. special envoy he says he's grateful for saudi arabia and the coalition for recognizing this critical moment for yemen and he says the parties must now cease immediately or hostilities other things going to go along with the cease fire i didn't think they will accept this ceasefire because as soon as the saudi led coalition has announced 2 weeks. here in sanaa them the government or the how this has announced what they called their national vision for a total ceasefire on as well let. the left of saudi be located in yemen and they have handed that division to mr give it that's why i think that was a clear message to the saudis that they will not accept this. because we believe it is a law that the saudi. before asking for a 2 week cease fire i mean they would they may be want just to. like to help them so. both because of the koran about it but it in saudi arabia and they want to have the time to fight the corner that's why they ask for this 2 weeks but at the end what mostly

good morning, miss griffiths, thanks so much for coming on.irst, i want to ask you, the united states and other countries are grappling with when you loosen restrictions, social distancing is having a positive effect. but what, if is eased too early? some u.s. states haven't peaked yet? >> if it's eased too early, then you risk the epidemic taking off again. you'll get more cases. the whole idea is to reduce the demand on the health system, so that the health system can cope. so, if you take your foot off the brake too early, the cases start to rise again. it really was stressed the health care system, stressed the care system. and as we need to get as good care as we need to, which will ultimately affect the outcome of the disease. so it's really important that we take the social distancing measures seriously. >> we heard president trump say this is the hardest decision he has to make. but also the governors making decisions for their states in the u.s. the uk almost 1,000 deaths a day. the u.s., 2,000. that's the most in a day. but we're als

hywel griffith reports. basic equipment that can save lives.of gowns, masks and gloves have been promised for use in this pandemic, but they still aren't getting to everyone who needs them. to put it politely, i think it's been a shambles. nick is a gp registrar at a hospital in the south—east of england, who says supplies regularly run out. you go onto a ward, you're about to see a coronavirus—positive patient, and then you end up not having... you know, if you have the mask, you don't have the goggles or the visor. if you have the visor, you then don't have the gown. these are issues that, still, we continue to face, no matter how our government would like to believe and say otherwise. across the uk, front line staff tell a similar story. at this hospital, near cardiff, one doctor reported nurses preparing for work with four visors between a0 of them. the local health board says they do now have enough ppe. doctors, leaders and healthcare unions have written to the welsh government to say their members fear for their safety. people need answe

hywel griffith, bbc news, in the vale of glamorgan.re details about how gcse and a—level grades will be calculated for pupils whose exams have been cancelled because of the pandemic. the exams regulator, 0fqual, says teachers will be asked to estimate a mark when ranking students. the results will be published no later than august, but could be earlier. here's our education editor, bra nwen jeffreys. it's quite a freeing, strange thought, not having to worry about revision and exam stress for the next few months. but it is a weird feeling, yeah. a lot of people are worried about the work that we have done till now because, obviously, a lot of people don't put the effort in until the last minute and they can sometimes turn it all around, just at the last minute. i don't know if i'll necessarily definitely get the grades that i need for my first choice any more, now that i can't pull it up in my exam at all. every year till now, exams meant grades. but now, in england and wales, teachers asked to estimate instead and rank students top to

happened now it's being revived as part of a peace plan proposed by the un special envoy martin griffiths he said he believed that plan was close to fruition when he spoke to the un security council last week he didn't reveal that arrangements that now advanced for a prisoner exchange to be organized by the un and by the international committee of the red cross we were asked to organize a release during this endemic of and we had to balance the interest that you made there in the trust of the people to tame the fact that they could go back home see their family after years of detention and the risk we were taking as you made an operator is in fact to do so the risk of the dangers to be in fact so balancing those interests we decided that we would go for it you seem to have everything in place what needs to happen for this exchange to take place. i would see that almost everything is in place. to me oh it's a final alignment of the tree parties involved in their release. the government of said it would be arabia and sarah and the government of yemen. we are there we still need a couple of

thanks to sian griffiths and ben chu. goodbye for now. welcome to click.d so is the hair, but we are still here. hope you're ok. look, lara's in the house. well, hers. hello! good to see you, spencer. how are you? what have you been doing apart from growing your hair? i've been quite busy watching a lot of tv, actually. we are big fans of doctor who here, so on social media, thousands of people have agreed to hit play on the same episode at exactly the same time, like seven o'clock. and what then happens is we all watch together but the director, the script writer and some of the actors are all tweeting along while we are watching so you get this live director's commentary on a second screen. i love it, it's a kind of communal feel, we're all watching these great programmes. that sounds really fun! in this house, we've been very busy making television. downstairs my husband has been making his tv show, it's a good job i'm good with tech because he's needed a bit of help. yes, i've seen. and this sign has become a bit controversial, because when his sign ar

hywel griffith, bbc news. remember, they can't cancel spring. ipad. he's in lockdown in france, but has continued to paint in his garden — and now he's written to our arts editor will gompertz, and shared some of those images. birdsong. dearwill, in 2018,jp, my assistant, and i came to normandy after the window was put up in westminster abbey. we loved it here and i suggested tojp this would be a great place to draw and paint the arrival of spring. there are apple, pear, cherry and plum blossom, with hawthorn and blackthorn. east yorkshire only had blackthorn and hawthorn. we found this house with a large garden that was cheaper than anything in sussex. we bought it. i began straightaway drawing on a japanese foldout book. i drew all around the house and then i drew the house itself. these were exhibited in new york in september 2019. being a smoker, i do not care for new york, so i never went. we came back here to normandy on march the 2nd and i began drawing the winter trees on my new ipad. i am here withjonathan and jp, my assistants. then th

hywel griffith, bbc news, in the vale of glamorgan.rmous difficulties, none more so facing enormous difficulties, none more so than frontline nhs staff. in dealing with the coronavirus outbreak, and none more so than front line nhs staff. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns is keeping in touch with some of the men and women battling the pandemic, and asked an intensive care consultant to keep a video diary. this comes from the front line in the fight against coronavirus. joy halliday is an intensive care consultant looking after some of the very sickest patients. she started her video before a night shift. i've got three children, and they're all bathed, fed and watered, just waiting for my husband to arrive home, who is a gp. and obviously, he's very busy at work as well, at the moment. so we're a bit like ships in the night. good evening again. it is 9pm and we have finished our intensive care handover. my trainee is with me. so we've gotjohnny, who is our sho for the night. and stephen, our registrar. and then, another stephen

hywel griffith, bbc news, newport.nited states has become the first country in the world to record more than two thousand deaths associated with coronavirus in a single day. the country now has more than half a million confirmed infections. experts at the white house say the outbreak is starting to level off across the us but that it has not reached its peak. meanwhile, the us surgeon general has sparked controversy after urging minority communities to stop drinking, smoking and taking drugs to reduce their risk of contracting covid—19. drjerome adams said the virus was disproportionately affecting black and latino populations and was criticised by some for his use of language. call your friends and family, check in on your mother, she wants to hear from you right now. and speaking of mothers, we need you to do this, if not for yourself then for your grandaddy, do it for your big momma, your pop—pop. we need you to understand, especially in communities of colour, we need you to step up and help stop the spread so we ca

special envoy martin griffiths believes the threat of 19 may have started to focus minds in yemen he told members of the un security council in a video conference meeting productive negotiations about a new peace deal that would include a nationwide ceasefire over the past 2 weeks or more since the. i have been in constant negotiations with the parties on the texts of these agreements on the detail on the wording of these agreements we expect them to agree on formally adopt these agreements the immediate future this positive news comes amid many dial warnings for yemen the existing humanitarian ceasefire in the port of who days are now 60 months old is being violated an almost daily basis if covert $9000.00 was to spread through the country it would cause devastation in part ambassadors we're told because the u.n. is running out of money for its humanitarian work of the un's $41.00 major programs $31.00 will start closing down in the next few weeks if we cannot secure additional funds is means we will have to start eliminating many of the activities that may offer yemenis the best ch

hywel griffith reports. basic equipment that can save lives.masks and gloves have been promised for use in this pandemic, but they still aren't getting to everyone who needs them. to put it politely, i think it's been a shambles. nick is a gp registrar at a hospital in the south—east of england, who says supplies regularly run out. you go onto a ward, you're about to see a coronavirus—positive patient, and then you end up not having... you know, if you have the mask, you don't have the goggles or the visor. if you have the visor, you then don't have the gown. these are issues that, still, we continue to face, no matter how our government would like to believe and say otherwise. across the uk, frontline staff tell a similar story. at this hospital, near cardiff, one doctor reported nurses preparing for work with four visors between a0 of them. the local health board says they do now have enough ppe. doctors‘ leaders and health care unions have written to the welsh government to say their members fear for their safety. people need answers. we can

lincolness, griffiths has nothing of the sandburg lincoln about it. he is a bland and monotonous figure in the film. he is your standard issue person. as one reviewer explained, lincoln made a notable attempt to be fair to the two has of our nation. abrahamot of the lincoln's who were betrayed in this earlier. or before class and had been aiting, lincoln was also crude frontiersman. in one scene, the president flops down on the white house floor to take a nap. neutral,very bland, and fatigue lincoln who was portrayed. i think that image of lincoln in this. reflected the reluctance on the part of many white americans to the president with substantial power. precisely because lincoln in these years had to be safe. he had to be moderate and someone who could heal the ones of sectional division. in this way, lincoln was being called on to play a part that he had been playing since the end of the 19th century when the story of the civil war was often told as a tale of for journal division that gateway to brotherly reunification. that was an idea that was m

thank you, hywel griffith, in cardiff.impact of the lockdown in rural parts of the country. are people in the uk's towns and cities following the guidelines, one month on? 0ur correspondent dan johnson has been investigating. the case may be back at b and q the case may be back at b and 0 but the lockdown goes on. hardware stores did not have to close so some have now decided to reopen, meaning more people are on the move but it's not a relaxation of the restrictions. i can understand why people would be slightly confused. no, government has not started to ease lockdown without you knowing, what has happened is that shops had decided to take advantage of the fa ct decided to take advantage of the fact they were able to open but had been closed. in a london park at this group was spotted out for a game of football. people were exercising at crosby beach this morning, as they are allowed, but there are some pushing the boundaries. it tends to be teenagers who obviously, in the 17, 18, 19 yea rs of who obviously, in the 17, 1

well, we can speak now to sean griffiths, the education editor at the sunday times, and she joins mesee what will happen. what do you think of this as a solution? good evening. i think it's rather an elegant solution on the face of it. as you we re solution on the face of it. as you were saying, the gcs e and a level exams had to be cancelled this summer exams had to be cancelled this summer because of the coronavirus crisis. that has left teenagers very worried about what's going to happen. this is a very straightforward solution. it is that teachers will predict what their pupils would've got, had they set the exam and not only will they do that, in each subject, they will actually rank their pupils in order of performance. so, if for instance, the teacher thought all of their french class was going to get an a, then they would then rank those pupils in terms of who is going to get the best a, and who is going to get the best a, and who is going to get the best a, and who is going to get the worst a grade, and everybody in between. it looks on the face of it, a solution that many h

sian griffiths, do you agree?” countries, compared to china. sian griffiths, do you agree?n prevented the spread within china and there was not another major epidemic in any other major city in china, the numbers remained quite small, although lockdown procedures we re small, although lockdown procedures were put in place. it is perfectly possible that as my colleague just said, we make this a different picture in europe but we hope the plateau is being reached and numbers will start to decline. there is some decline but it is very limited. the epidemic in italy, instead of early may, is eventually planned, it may be injune. may, is eventually planned, it may be in june. carlo la vecchia, would that be all right for you, or do you fear that some of the easing of restrictions is too soon? easing of restrictions is too soon? easing of restrictions will have consequences. if you ease the restrictions in may, as we should do, early may, we won't see any consequence until late june, because the consequence at the level of disease which be several weeks later. my view is we have

karina iris has a sleeping again for the article by john griffiths says that what people are sleepingenagers are sleeping better and teenagers are getting up later. are you sleeping better? i am sleeping better. i don't have very far to walk to my office nowadays in the morning. so i don't have to get up quite as early as i normally do. and i'io quite as early as i normally do. and no surprise i think this article that teenagers are using the time to spend a lot more of you in bed, what i think is interesting about this is that this is a positive story, there's obviously one kind of benefit of lockdown and is go to be a struggle for all of us to get back to work. they says people are having unusually vivid dreams. that is curious, the unusually vivid dreams. iimaginea curious, the unusually vivid dreams. i imagine a lot of that has to do with the new quietness. it's really noticeable. i'm not in a city but people are talking about hearing birdsong for the first time. so even in this crisis of anxiety and worry and concern about so many things we are apparently able to sleep. which of

sian griffiths, dominic asks, why does the government not make it compulsory to wear face masks?, but here it has not been a thing, although when you are out and about, there are simply people wearing them. the government is following the world health 0rganization, which last week reviewed all the evidence on face masks. as you say, many people do wear them and i have worked a lot in hong kong where everybody wears masks if they have a car and the evidence shows that wearing masks alone could be this misleading. if you touch them then touch your face and eyes, they can actually be infectious, either yourself or other people. they are useful, and the recommendation is to be worn by carers, either in hospital settings or care home settings or by people who are symptomatically, so if you are sick then facemasks are useful. if not, it is really up to you it is not something the government mandates. i have one of these plastic visors which i have been wearing with my mask. what about those? i think these are rather new, and they will of course protect you when you are wearing it, and

happened now it's being revived as part of a peace plan proposed by the un special envoy martin griffiths he said he believed that plan was close to fruition when he spoke to the un security council last week he didn't reveal that arrangements and now advanced for a prisoner exchange to be organized by the un and by the international committee of the red cross we were asked to organize a release during this endemic of covered and we had to balance the interest that you made there in the trust of the people to tame the fact that they could go back home see their family after years of detention and the risk we were taking as you made an operator is to factor who saw the risk of after 30 days to be in fact so balancing those interests we decided that we would go for it you seem to have everything in place what needs to happen for this exchange to take place. i would see that almost everything is in place. to me oh it's a final alignment of the tree parties involved in their release. the government of said it would be arabia and sarah and the government of yemen. we are there we still need a

hywel griffith, bbc news.s for children during the coronavirus pandemic. the country music star, who's 74, said she wanted to "share some love". the 10 week series starts tomorrow with the little engine that could. so many people in the music entertainment and all sorts of areas, sport, doing all sorts online and live via various forms of social media to entertainers and try and get us through stop coming up, all the top business stories. 0ne through stop coming up, all the top business stories. one i have just tweeted about, zoom under scrutiny as it popularity increases. take a look. hello. tuesday was marked by fairly cloudy skies across much of central and northern britain, and i think that's going to be the way of it for many of us as we get on through wednesday, with some rain to contain with as well, especially so at the start of the day, across the northern and western isles of scotland, areas north of the great glen too. this is the weather front gradually working its way a little bit further south wi

envoy griffiths said yemen can't afford to fight on 2 fronts at once he's hoping diplomacy can finally bring an end to the conflict so the food move to fighting the virus jamesburg zira at the united nations. brazil's president is shaded bo'sun at 0 has fired his health minister louise erdrich given that over his handling of the corona virus outbreak several members of the ministry have been at odds with president paul so narrow over his response to the virus also now has repeatedly played down the gravity of the outbreak calling it a little flu are lashing america editor of the new entrance us live now from santiago so the obviously the 2 men had disagreements what were the circumstances which led to one that had actually been fired. hello barbara well 1st of all let me say that i'm wearing this mask because it is illegal to be outdoors here in in this part of chile without it now this is the firing of the police and the commander that frankly has not come as a surprise to anyone he and the president had been spying for now over a month the president had threatened to fire him earlier

special envoy to yemen martin griffiths has called for all parties to urgently cease fighting and make progress towards peace. more than 100000 people have been killed in yemen since the conflict began 5 years ago the u.n. hopes a temporary ceasefire could be extended the warring sides are expected to hold a video conference to discuss halting ground air and naval attacks but millions of people are on the brink of fun and millions more suffering from displacement in their homes and disease u.n. officials hope the law in fighting means they can prevent another dangerous disease from entering the country coronavirus. they fear yemen's health care system is already on the verge of collapse and it simply would be able to cope with another outbreak nor about a man the al jazeera. one as our diplomatic editor james bays joins us live from the united nations so what are they saying there about this. some confusion of a hope it's just the teething problems for a ceasefire clearly we have the who thing is proposing their cease fire we have the saudi coalition with their ceasefire who these sayi

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. >>$500 billion plus per month in additional spending the heritage foundation's joel griffiths is targeted payments to the unemployed is a better solution going ahead and dropping money helicopter style that just settles all of us with the with that erodes the value of our dollar that ryan says he's hopeful republicans will get on board just really weren't getting it down to the grassroots level and i hope that that appeals to a lot of the conservative republicans. he wants a vote in the house once congress returns to washington. >>reporting in washington, i'm trevor shirley. >>if your eagle, a awaiting your stimulus check there is a way to track it when it hits your bank account. the irs has an online tool called get my payment. it launched yesterday it's on the irs website. you have to enter information like your social security number date of birth your mailing address. the first payments will go to people who have already filed or 2018 or 2019 tax returns and authorize the irs to make any direct deposit within that group the agency will start with those with the lowest incomes, social

cost of this is to be billion plus per month in additional spending the heritage foundation's joel griffithstargeted payments to the unemployed is a better solution going ahead and dropping money helicopter style that just settles all of us with the with that erodes the value of our dollar that ryan says he's hopeful republicans will get on board just wants to really work on getting it down to the grassroots level and i hope that that appeals to a lot of the conservative republicans. he wants a vote in the house once congress returns to washington. >>reporting in washington, i'm trevor shirley. >>if you are waiting for your stimulus check there's a way to track it on track when it hits your bank account. the irs has an online tool called get my payment they launched yesterday, it's available on the website. you have to enter information like your social security number date of birth mailing address first payments go to people who have already filed or 2018 or 2019 tax returns and authorize the irs to make any direct deposits within that group the agency will start with the people making the

envoy griffiths said yemen can't afford to fight on 2 fronts at once he's hoping diplomacy can finally bring an end to the conflict so the focus could move to fighting the virus jamesburg zira at the united nations. smoke from forest fires near the chiang noble nuclear plant in ukraine has created the worst pollution levels in the world emergency crews are working to put out the fires that began on thursday evening health officials say there's no new radiation risk despite an earlier fire getting to within a kilometer of the site of the $1800.00 nuclear accident officials have hours millions in the capital kiev to stay indoors and avoid the smog. it's time for the weather and here's rob and we're headed towards springtime in the u.s. we are a quick diversion the the acid banks have a look at this and see if you can spot what might be a little unusual about it nothing yet this is the atlantic ocean breaking on the outer banks that's in the sand those the shelves now in a knoll well spring you'd have the children picking these up and they would be none there so this is an effect of the c

cost of mississippi billion plus per month in additional spending the heritage foundation's joel griffiths is targeted payments to the unemployed is a better solution going ahead and dropping money helicopter style that just settles all of us with the with that erodes the value of our dollar that ryan says he's hopeful republicans will get on board just wants to really work on getting it down to the grassroots level and i hope that that appeals to a lot of the conservative republicans. he wants a vote in the house once congress returns to washington, reporting in washington, i'm trevor shirley. turning our attention now to san francisco where mayor london breed has officially announced a program that the city hopes will help track and prevent the spread of coronavirus kron four's kate rooney. >>gives us a closer look. >>it's called contact tracing and the city of san francisco hopes it will be a major step both in getting through shelter in place and jump starting life afterwards. we can have people tested that may have been in contact with someone who has been infected because our goal is

let's talk to one of the academics involved in the research, professor sarah davies from griffith universityng on. talk us through the reasons why women and girls are being ha rd est women and girls are being hardest hit by this virus. thank you for allowing me to speak. there are three key areas we can identify where vulnerability is particularly harmful for women vulnerability is particularly harmfulfor women in this pandemic, women and girls, the first is economic, the second is physical security and the third is the impact on existing health inequalities. how should states, governments and policymakers change what they do to account for those reasons? one of the things we're looking at in our research at the moment is thinking about preparedness firstly. in a large number of oui’ firstly. in a large number of our countries, we have significant wage gaps between women and men and there is poverty gaps as well in terms of economic inequity and there is significant physical during this emergency to make sure trying to contain the outbreak that women are not further disadvantage. i guess is

thank you chief superintendent griffiths. thank you for the opportunity to speak today.ervice need to focus on to deliver the best possible service and support for colleagues and the country. i think reiterating what simon has already said, the safety and well—being of our staff is paramount to make sure we can conduct our duties. simon has already mentioned ppe and also testing. they are both key to enable staff to either return to work if they are self isolating on the testing front, but when they are deployed to make sure they have the appropriate kit and advice and guidance as to how to do their duties effectively. the second thing is both in the immediate and forward—thinking, is around the resilience of the service. we have, over the last ten years, taken quite a dip in the amount of police office rs a dip in the amount of police officers we a dip in the amount of police office rs we have a dip in the amount of police officers we have available to do our duties. that was changing over the la st duties. that was changing over the last 6—9 months with the announcemen

hywel griffith, bbc news.t think you have a choice. this morning it is quite a cloudy start. if you are in the south of england it is not. we have less guys and as a result there is a cold start and also some frost. in the north of the country, we have a weather front coming your way and thatis weather front coming your way and that is going to introduce some rain and then, later on, some stronger winds as well. so there is a lot of cloud around once again today, a few showers across england and wales, and the clear skies we start with in the south will be replaced by more cloud coming south through the day. these light circles indicate the average wind speeds. so not particularly strong. in temperatures today ranging from 8— 12 degrees. as this front sinks south into scale —— southern scotland, it will introduce just some spots of rain but brighter skies following and behind. this weather front is going to continue its journey weather front is going to continue itsjourney sinking weather front is going to con

face saving way out of an expensive war they cannot win and the un special envoy to yemen martin griffiths has called for all parties to urgently cease fighting and make progress towards peace. more than 100000 people have been killed in yemen since the conflict began 5 years ago the u.n. hopes a temporary ceasefire could be extended the warring sides are expected to hold a video conference to discuss halting ground air and naval attacks but millions of people are on the brink of fun and millions more suffering from displacement in their homes and disease. u.n. officials hope the long infighting means they can prevent another dangerous disease from entering the country farce. they fear yemen's test system is already only to collapse and it's simply good to be able to cope with another outbreak nor does money out to sea or. the damage to the world's biggest economy from the coronavirus shutdown is really hitting home in the polls we can know the 6600000 americans who join the jobless queue that means that nearly 17000000 americans have now fallen for unemployment benefits in just 3 weeks th