liu xiaoming, thank you very much indeed. my pleasure.ace to be. until spring just now. for part two of the weekend tomorrow, high pressure in control for much of the uk but still if you showers breaking it. the greater chance tomorrow catching one than today. a bit of patchy light rain in places. that is the case is going to deny is the cloud increases. where we have seen some showers today across northern and eastern scotland, north—east england, they will still be paid as we get on into the night. for most, overnight, it is dry with clear spells. temperatures fall a little lower than this and more rural spots, but most of us are void if ross going into the morning. the sun they will start dry with a pyramid of centring around, but cloud will and showers will break out. towards northern and eastern scotland there would be if you are northern ireland too. later in the afternoon a chance of showers here. they could be heavy. a lot more cloud compute service in england and wales. they could be patchy rain. it will fill colour in scotland.

well, my guest today is china's ambassador in london, liu xiaoming.a the villain or the hero of this pandemic? ambassador liu xiaoming, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. thank you to be with you again. we are delighted to have you on our programme at this difficult time. let me start, actually, with a very simple, direct question — do you accept that covid—19 has its origins in china? it was first discovered in wuhan, but i can't say it originated from wuhan. you know, according to many information, many reports, including bbc, it can be everywhere and anywhere. you know, it can be in aircraft carriers. it can be found even in the submarine and it can be found in some countries, which have very little connection with china. and also, it can be found in the group of people who have never been to china. so i couldn't say — we cannot say it's originated from china... ambassador, let me stop you there, because i'm a little confused by that answer. i mean, clearly, it is a new virus. it originated somewhere, it crossed, it seems, according to all of the immu

ambassador liu xiaoming, welcome to hardtalk.