i'm lewis vaughan jones, this is bbc - for over two decades. with frosty scenes across the uk, and at least it's been drier. now, we do have some rain to come in the north overnight and at first tomorrow, but more significantly, this weather front will introduce even colder air surging down from the arctic on strong winds. so it will feel pretty bitter as we head into next week, with some severe frosts and a greater risk of snow. but i'll come back to that. for the meantime, as we go through this evening and overnight, there will be some wetter weather making its way southwards, dampening the surfaces. so as we do go through the night and temperatures fall close to freezing, below freezing in a few spots, there could be the odd icy patch and, as we've seen this week, the odd fog patch, and it may well linger throughout the day on saturday. so quite a lot of cloud mulling around underneath this weather front, still a few spots of rain on it, but much brighter skies follow for scotland, then to northern ireland and northern england. some brightne

i'm lewis vaughan jones.eports from syria say a suspected israeli air strike has hit a residential building in the capital, damascus. according to iranian media, at least two high—ranking military advisers from iran's revolutionary guards were among those killed. the building was reportedly used by iranian advisers to the syrian government, who have played a key role in keeping president assad in power during the civil war in syria. here's our middle east analyst sebastian usher with more details. pictures show a really large plume of smoke. the blast was heard across much of damascus. this is a very upmarket residential district, much to the west of damascus. there are embassies there, missions there. the un has an office there, lots of restaurants. so this is very much the residential heart of damascus as far as figures and who was killed, there are different reports coming. iranian media started to report that two senior revolutionary guards members were killed, potentially the head of intelligence for the

i'm lewis vaughan jones, this is bbc news. hello.and into monday as we see storm isha cross the uk. the met office has now issued amber warnings for wind across most parts of the country. heavy rain an added feature which, with snow melt, could lead to some flooding in the north and the west. storm isha is already approaching. the strongest of the winds will be tonight, but even through the rest of the daylight we will see gales develop in many areas, especially in the west. extensive rain through scotland, parts of northern england, wales and towards the south—west later. a temporary easing of the rain in northern ireland. driest conditions in east anglia, the south—east, the channel islands and also across shetland. temperatures of ten to 13 degrees, much higher than they have been, and that will also add to the snow melt and the flood risk. but as we see the day out and go into the night, this is when the winds will really ramp up. as you can see, met office amber warnings are in force across most parts of the uk. widespread gusts

i'm lewis vaughan jones.et's begin in the us, where presidentjoe biden returns to the campaign trail, giving his first speech to kick off his re—election campaign. it was centred entirely around democracy, and the threat that he says former president donald trump poses to america's most sacred cause. speaking in pennsylvania, mr biden hammered mr trump repeatedly by name. he called mr trump's recent inflammatory language akin to that of nazi germany and said the former president's campaign was all about "revenge and retribution." with tomorrow marking three years since the the january 6th insurrection mr biden criticised mr trump's inaction that day where trump reportedly watched on television as his allies pleaded for him to do something, his supporters violently storming the us capitol with chants of hanging the former vice president and the speaker of the house. biden said american democracy was pushed to the brink, and survived. he accused the former president of rewriting the history of something million

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i'm lewis vaughan jones. welcome to the programme. we are going to start in the middle east. the view from southern israel across to gaza, and in the last few hours we have updated statistics from hamas in gaza. they say more than 25,000 palestinians have now been killed there. the exact number, 25,105 killed since october the 7th in gaza. that number is from the hamas run health ministry. hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by countries like the uk and the us. israel does dispute the figures released by hamas, but does not provide its own. so the latest figures are 25,105 palestinians killed and 62,681 injured. now let's head to iraq and an attack on the al assad base that left at least one service member wounded and others being assessed for head injuries. the attacks, linked by malicious in iran, is the latest just hours after an air strike in syria, on the capital damascus. iranians were killed here, and iran said this wouldn't go unanswered. the president blamed israel for this. israel hasn't commented. let's go to israel now, and more comments from the prime mi

i'm lewis vaughan jones. welcome to the programme. we are going to head straight to gaza.he rafah crossing.

i'm lewis vaughan jones. welcome to the programme. we are going to go straight to gaza.s is the scene at the moment on the israel/gaza border. you can see the smoke in the sky. the numbers released by the health ministry in gaza show that for the first time, more than 25,000 palestinians are said to have been killed in the fighting since the 7th of october. the specific number, 25,105. i also say more than 62,000 people have been injured. these figures from the health ministry in gaza run by hamas. israel in the past has questioned those statistics, those numbers released by hamas. hamas of course described as a terrorist organisation by many western countries. the other developing news in the last hour also comes from israel's border with lebanon. we have had details from the reuters news agency, and these are pictures from the area. there have been two people killed in that southern border area. the details according to security sources speaking to the reuters news agency saying that two hezbollah fighters were killed in a direct strike on a vehicle, on a car in southe

do you lewis vaughan jones stay with us. i am thank you, bye—bye. hello.n, check the latest flood warnings on our website or on your bbc local radio station. and there is some more rain to come as we head through tonight. still some showers around, but some clearer spells starting to spread from the south—west as the night wears on. temperatures will drop away down to around three, four or five degrees in quite a few spots. one or two places could get quite close to freezing. so we head in to thursday with low pressure still in charge to the north that will bring some showers. and then this little weather system here threatening to bring more unwanted rain into southern parts of the uk. so across northern england, northern ireland and scotland, a lot of clouds and bits and pieces of showery rain still very windy in the northern isles. then a slice of sunshine across north wales, parts of northern england, the north midlands through the afternoon, but to the south of that cloud will be gathering and here comes our next area of rain. now, this is going to de

we will be taking a look at the numbers, stay with us, i'm lewis vaughan jones, this is bbc news.ing through the early parts of the evening. some very strong winds, though, easing eastwards as the area of low pressure responsible storm henk continues to slide away. some outbreaks of rain pushing eastwards as well. most of the rain clearing out into the north sea, but some will remain across eastern parts of scotland, bending into the far north east where we'll see some snow falling across shetland. it does stay very windy across the north east of scotland, still quite windy through the night across english channel coasts as well. temperatures generally holding up between 3—10 degrees so the vast majority will avoid a frost. so as we head into tomorrow, low pressure still with us. although the main body of storm henk will be moving towards southern scandinavia by this stage, where it will be bringing some quite significant snowfall. for us, many places seeing a day of sunny spells and heavy showers, still blustery down towards the south coast. those winds only slowly easing. also s

i am lewis vaughan jones and this is bbc news. hello there.hether you've had clouds and it looks pretty similar for the next few days, could see a bit more cloud around. generally, it will stay dry thanks to high pressure. and there will be some sunshine around, particularly towards southern and western areas. this area of high pressure has been feeding in quite a bit of cloud to eastern scotland, also eastern parts of england, the odd patch of drizzle at times too. the breeze is still a feature along north sea coast, but not as strong across southern areas as we head through this evening and overnight. where we have the clear skies it's going to be a cold one. central northern western scotland, southern england could be down to —3 to —5 celsius here, but a little less cold where we have the cloud. so tomorrow then we start off with some cloud across some eastern areas. again, eastern england seeing most of that cloud, it could run a little bit further southwards into south east england into the afternoon. so the best of the sunshine towards t

i am lewis vaughan jones, this is bbc news. hello, from the bbc sport centre. moment. luke leffler who was captive in the last two weeks. littler, who's captivated the sporting world over the last few weeks, was on fire in the early stages — he managed to win three sets in a row to go 4—2 up. humphries looked to be struggling with his confidence but there was a big moment when littler miscalculated with a chance to go 5—2 up, and missed. humphries, who's won 18 matches in a row, took advantage and fought back to claw that set back before winning three—in—a—row himself. here's the score as it stands, it is the first to seven who will take the world title and as you can see, luke humphreys is a 6—4 to the good, and if you went the next set the world number one with win the world title. to cricket — and an extraordinary opening day in the second test between south africa and india, with the hosts bowled out forjust 55 in cape town. mohammed siraj took six wickets as india skittled the hosts out in a 23.2 overs. they were then dismissed for 153 themselves, before s

welcome lewis vaughan jones. welcome lewis vaughanjones. to the programme.n with breaking news this hour — state media in syria say a reported air strike has hit a residential building in the capital, damascus. around five people are reported to have been killed, including a member of iran's revolutionary guards. there are reports the building was used by iranian advisers to the syrian government. iran has played a key role in supporting president assad during the civil war in syria. with me is our middle east analyst sebastian usher. what do we know about what has happened? we what do we know about what has ha ened? ~ ~' ., what do we know about what has hauened? ~ ~ ., , what do we know about what has happened?— what do we know about what has hauened? ~ ~ ., , ., happened? we know this was a huge exlosion, happened? we know this was a huge explosion, pictures _ happened? we know this was a huge explosion, pictures show _ happened? we know this was a huge explosion, pictures show a _ happened? we know this was a huge explosion, pictures show a really - expl

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