karin kneissl, 11 on, thank you i but as a human being. weather over the coronation weekend, i think it's fair to say we've had a real mixed bag, starting on saturday, with the coronation itself, where, in london, we had, of course, rain. it wasn't that heavy — we only had five millimetres — but it was relentless, lasting for about nine hours, so very damp weather. a different story for sunday, many of us dry with some sunshine coming through, and it was the warmest day of the year so far, with highs of 21.3. but how warm is that? well, if we look at the 7th of may, in previous years, up to that date, we've had much warmer spells. for example, back in 2018, temperatures had already reached 29 degrees at this time of the year. so, 21, absolutely nothing special for early may. now, on the satellite picture, what we're looking at here is this stripe of cloud, which is our next band of heavy rain that's going to be moving through. indeed, it's already making inroads in across northern ireland, moving its way eastwards into scotland. england, in

karin kneissl, in northern lebanon, welcome to hardtalk.hank you very much for your invitation, mr sackur. well, it's a pleasure to have you on the show. i think we have to start with this question about your location. you were a senior member of the austrian diplomatic political elite, until recently. now, you've left your home country and you're in exile in lebanon. just explain to me why. well, when our government literally imploded in 2019, all i wanted was to continue my academic work and publishing, but i had to find out that there was not a single contract. furthermore, a lot of harassment, also the death threats. but the bigger problem, honestly, was this de facto prohibition to work, so i decided to quit and first, i went to france and now, i'm in lebanon and i cherish the freedom of mind here in lebanon. at the root of it all — i think you would agree — are questions about your attitude towards, and your relationship with, the putin regime in moscow, so let's get to that immediately. when you came into office as foreign minister,

all right, well, karin kneissl, in lebanon, thank you for joining me on hardtalk. been some very heavy rain and lots of thunder and lightning. and on thursday, we had some funnel clouds coming down from the base of the cloud. that rotating cylinder of air, if it hit the ground, it would have been a tornado. funnel clouds not unusual at this time of the year. don't think we're going to see any, though, over the next few days because low pressure is going to take the heavy showers into central southern parts of europe. high pressure building across the uk. but we're seeing an east or northeasterly breeze coming in that's dragging in all the cloud from off the north sea. so, grey start for many central and eastern parts of the uk. that finger of rain moves down briefly to affect east anglia, the southeast, maybe the east midlands, before arriving in dorset. ahead of that, one or two showers for wales in the southwest. for many western parts of the uk, it's going to be dry with some lengthy spells of sunshine. and warm as well, temperatures 18, 19 degrees. where we kee

so too does my guest today, karin kneissl, the former austrian foreign minister who famously danced with

so too does my guest today, karin kneissl, the former

so too does my guest today, karin kneissl, the former austrian foreign minister who famously danced with