two others appeared this week in kew bridge and chelsea. stav danaos. the next 24 hours looked u nsettled unsettled that will bring an outbreak of rain, we start off with some sunshine, the cloud will tend to build in, we had a breezy day today thanks to this area of low pressure bringing windy weather to scotland. the showers fade away in this brief ridge of high pressure through the overnight period. a clear night for northern central and eastern areas, signs that of the weather front approaching wales and south—west england with outbreaks of rain. temperatures lifting to the mid—teens, most ten or 12 celsius. thursday, this is the area of low pressure working in slowly from the atlantic, it looks like it will be dry and bright sunshine across the eastern parts of england but the clouds out west will spread northwards and eastwards throughout the day and outbreaks of rain move in. heavy births pit bursts in the north of scotland, north west and staying dry in the south—east. a breezy day, but because the lack of sunshine there won't be wa

last week, a goat appeared on the side of a building near kew bridge followed by an image of two elephants, some swinging monkeys and pelicans fishing above a fish shop. a meteor shower passed above us in the uk last night — creating a bit of a spectacle for those who stayed up. these pictures were taken in the sperrin mountains in northern ireland, at around 3am. the perseid meteor shower passes through our atmosphere every year when the earth orbits through debris left by a comet. what an extraordinary site. i'm sure i was awake, but i missed it. we are back, ben is here in a few moments with all the very latest on the global and uk news. see you tomorrow. goodbye for now. good evening. we've reportedly had around 15,000 lightning reports across the uk in the past 24 hours, a culmination of the heat and the humidity. it has been the hottest day of the year so far, following a tropical night — that's when temperatures don't fall below 20 celsius and make it really uncomfortable for sleeping. but gradually, through the day, the heat and the humidity has been pushed to become confined to so

first piece of graffiti in banksy�*s new animal—themed series, which was spotted on monday, is near kew bridgertist added silhouettes of two elephants with their trunks stretched towards each other on the side of a building near chelsea, in west london. this was followed by three monkeys looking as though they were swinging underneath a bridge over brick lane, near a vintage clothing shop in the popular east london market street, not far from shoreditch high street. the fourth piece in peckham, that later appeared to be stolen, showed a black stencil of a wolf howling towards the sky, painted on a white satellite dish. the fifth piece features pelicans pinching fish from a sign outside an east london chip shop. our reporterst have been speeking to some cricklewood locals —— our reporterst have been speaking to some cricklewood locals about what they thought of the new banksy piece in their area. it's just amazing, he's such a seminal artist. and we saw him pop up on instagram, so we rushed down here before — hopefully — he's not nicked. but it's just been great seeing him locally nearby. we ju

on monday he revealed a goat stencil on a wall near kew bridge. you're live with bbc news.iyeh in tehran will take place "at the right time "and in the appropriate shape". iran and hamas accuse israel of carrying out last week's assassination. israel has not claimed or denied responsibility.saudi arabia says the assassination was a blatant violation of iran's sovereignty. 0ur correspondentjenny hill has more on the regional reaction to hamas's decision to name yahya sinwar, considered the architect of the october 7 attacks in israel, as the group's new political leader. iran and its proxies have welcomed the choice of yahya sinwar as the new political leader of hamas. in that move they see a gesture of defiance towards israel. it's an appointment which has infuriated the israeli leadership. mr sinwar, who is believed to be in gaza, tops their most wanted list and they have renewed threats to kill him and eliminate his organisation. this country remains on a state of high alert after iran vowed to avenge the assassination of mr sinwar�*s predecessor in tehran last week. the

first piece of graffiti in banksy�*s new animal—themed series, which was spotted on monday, is near kew bridge where a cctv camera is pointed. on tuesday, the artist added silhouettes of two elephants with their trunks stretched towards each other on the side of a building near chelsea, in west london. this was followed by three monkeys looking as though they were swinging underneath a bridge over brick lane, near a vintage clothing shop in the popular east london market street — not far from shoreditch high street. and the fourth piece, in peckham, that later appeared to be stolen, showed a black stencil of a wolf howling towards the sky, as painted on what appears to be a white satellite dish. tell us about this latest surprise? this is the six animal themed artwork to have cropped up in london this week. possibly a tighter stretching out on a dilapidated billboard in north—west london. and banksy confronted ss work by posting a picture of it his instagram, which is how he has previously written claimed responsibility for its art works. it has created quite a bit of buzz down here. not to pe

two others appeared this week in kew bridge and chelsea.tty cloudy for much of the day. looking out in the atlantic, we've got another area of low pressure that's set to bring some damp weather in initially thursday morning, as this warm front spreads its way in. mind you, we have got some drizzle around at the moment. east england, so it's here where we're going to have the brightest start to the day on thursday with a fair bit of morning, sunshine, any sunshine for you staying there in south east england? in southeast england ? short—lived. it's going to turn quite cloudy, but staying on the bright side, the damp and drizzly weather for wales and western england replaced by more general outbreaks of rain through the day, the rain heavy as it swings across northern ireland into scotland, northern england and north wales. top temperatures running into the low 20s now through thursday night that we'll see that rain band continue its way northwards and eastwards, the rain turning heavy for a time in northern scotland before clearing out of th

first piece of graffiti in banksy�*s new animal—themed series, which was spotted on monday, is near kew bridgeing near chelsea, in west london. this was followed by three monkeys looking as though they were swinging underneath a bridge over brick lane, near a vintage clothing shop in the popular east london market street, not far from shoreditch high street. the fourth piece in peckham, that later appeared to be stolen, showed a black stencil of a wolf howling towards the sky, painted on a white satellite dish. the fifth piece features pelicans pinching fish from a sign outside an east london chip shop. the next one is a cat on a billboard. who knows how long that will stay for. these are the temperatures this afternoon. we are getting up to the mid 20s across south—eastern areas even though we are seeing more clout around here. some dampness heading its way towards east anglia later in the afternoon. the club for many will tend to break up this evening and overnight. today is a bit cloudy and overnight. today is a bit cloudy and warm towards the south, misty along the south coast. still some

on monday he revealed a goat stencil on a wall near kew bridge. you're live with bbc news.being held at a detention facility. at a press briefing on wednesday, mr miller was asked about a video aired by israel's channel 12, which allegedly shows soldiers taking a detainee out of sight of a surveillance camera to carry out abuses. a spokesperson for israel's embassy in washington did not immediately comment on wednesday. the israeli military has previously said that it operates according to the rule of law and that it investigates allegations of abuse. we have seen the video and reports of sexual abuse, of dt knees, are horrific. they ought to be investigated fully —— detainees. they ought to be investigated fully by the covenant of israel, by the idf. prisoners need to be treated, prisoners' human rights need to be respected in all cases and when there are alleged violations the government of israel needs to take steps to investigate those who are alleged to have committed abuses and if appropriate hold them accountable. meanwhile, the middle east remains on edge — as iran

on monday he revealed a goat stencil on a wall near kew bridge.tories we have been —— those are just some of the stories we have been looking at at bbc news. you�*re live with bbc news. well, let�*s return to my colleague sumi somaskanda who has been out on the campaign trail following has been out on the campaign trailfollowing kamala harris trail following kamala harris and trailfollowing kamala harris and her new running mate tim walz. shejoins me from detroit. tell us more about what you�*ve been seen today. apologies. we have been waiting here for about ten hours and our camera battery died at the most inopportune moment! i think we were talking about some of the voters we have talked to at this rally, young and old. we spoke to a lot of women and colour as well who see themselves in kamala harris. —— women of colour. i spoke to a gentleman right up the rally that said two months ago we here in michigan didn�*t think we were going to win this race and now because i everything has turned around. i do want to point out that we spoke to some pho

first piece of graffiti in banksy�*s new animal—themed series, which was spotted on monday, is near kew bridgesilhouettes of two elephants with their trunks stretched towards each other on the side of a building near chelsea, in west london. this was followed by three monkeys looking as though they were swinging underneath a bridge over brick lane, near a vintage clothing shop in the popular east london market street, not far from shoreditch high street. the fourth piece in peckham, that later appeared to be stolen, showed a black stencil of a wolf howling towards the sky, painted on a white satellite dish. the fifth piece features pelicans pinching fish from a sign outside an east london chip shop. stay with us here on bbc news. it has been turning drierfor england and wales. the code breaking up england and wales. the code breaking up as well. further north we have had more sunshine, breezy conditions, a few showers in scotland and temperatures today have been about average. in the next couple of days we will get a heat spike with temperatures riding rapidly and humidity too. but not everywh

claimed credit for this week after two elephants on a wall in chelsea on tuesday and a goat near kew bridge park and harrow & wealdstone and a similar issue on that section of the overground. and severe delays on the district line. good morning. a bright start, at least for some of us this morning. a few sunny spells, but then the cloud will increase and we'll see some outbreaks of rain as we head further through the day. so short—lived sunshine this morning. clouds increasing from the west. some light patchy rain, some drizzle. one or two bursts could be a bit heavier. breezy through the afternoon and temperatures on the cool side around 22 celsius the maximum. then overnight tonight we're going to hang on to the cloud, but it is going to be a warm and humid night. temperatures perhaps in central london not dropping much below 18 or even 19 celsius. so quite uncomfortable for sleeping. any remnants of that cloud tomorrow morning will drift away eastwards, bringing some sunshine through friday and temperatures tomorrow getting that little bit warmer, looking at a maximum of around 25 or eve

so we had a goat that suddenly appeared on kew bridge.ad the next day, two elephant silhouettes in chelsea, then we had a trio of swinging monkeys on a railway bridge in brick lane, east london. then we had a howling wolf on a satellite dish in peckham, which is south—east london. then we had a mural of two pelicans gulping down fish on a fish and chip shop on the wall in walthamstow. and then we just had this large black cat, which has appeared on an empty billboard in cricklewood , and billboard in cricklewood, and there's a sort of row about it, because someone tried to chip it away, as people always do. they tried to remove it to get the artwork. then i think they covered it up. somebody covered it up because the police were concerned that people were filling up the streets to go and view it . is he filling up the streets to go and view it. is he really doing all this? does he have a team of people? he's admitted on instagram that he's been doing that. >> he just he said on his instagram account that, the world was seemed to be a pret

kew on monday. it was followed on tuesday by this image of two elephants touching trunks in chelsea. three monkeys hanging from a bridget is going on? good morning. well, i mean, it- images. what is going on? good morning. well, i mean, it has. images. what is going on? good morning. well, i mean, it has been a busy— morning. well, i mean, it has been a busy week_ morning. well, i mean, it has been a busy week for— morning. well, i mean, it has been a busy week for him. he has had five paintings— busy week for him. he has had five paintings this week in a quite heavy week_ paintings this week in a quite heavy week for— paintings this week in a quite heavy week for the country, some nice light— week for the country, some nice light relief, some zoological distraction.— light relief, some zoological distraction. maybe you can cast your e e, distraction. maybe you can cast your eye. because _ distraction. maybe you can cast your eye. because you — distraction. maybe you can cast your eye, because you know _ distraction. maybe you can cast your eye, because you know him - distraction. maybe you can cast your eye, because y