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in between though, parts of northern ireland, northern england, north wales, north midlands, some brighterth some sunshine for all. temperatures will be around where we should be for this stage in october. now, if you're looking for some dry weather, it will come from most on sunday. even across scotland, a few showers will remain into sunday, but overall, a lot more in the way of dry weather. the best of the sunshine, northern ireland, england and wales. but do not drop your guard even then, because next week will see further bouts of rain. take care. live from london. this is bbc news. an impassioned plea from the un secretary—general — to let aid trucks into gaza. they remain stuck at the border crossing point. these are notjust trucks, they are a lifeline, they are the difference between life and death for so many people in gaza. aid agencies say gaza has become a �*hellhole' — with time running out to get help to civilians. the anger grows — more pro—palestinian protests — in yemen, in egypt, and in the west bank — we'll bring you the latest — on that and the multiple strands of diplo

in between, parts of northern ireland and north wales and the north midlands, some brighter skies developing will come for most on sunday and a few showers will remain into sunday but overall a lot more drier weather than we had, and the best of the sunshine is in northern ireland, england and wales, but do not drop your guard then, because next week we will see further bouts of rain pushing in from the atlantic. take care. talk is good — the us and the european union hold their annual summit today. electric car subsidies expected to be high on the agenda. and a big business conference begins next week in saudi arabia at a time of heightened tensions. i'll speak to the chief executive of the so—called davos in the desert. welcome to world business report. let's start in the us, where president biden will very shortly be welcoming the european commission president, ursual von der leyen, and the european council president, charles michel, for the eu—us summit. the conflicts in the middle east and in ukraine will weigh heavily on the agenda, of course. they will also be discussing the trump—era

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north wales, north—west england.e a dry and but for many, it'll be a dry and a tonight and even a clear night tonight and even colder so a greater colder tonight. so a greater chance of a frost from northern england northwards certainly chance of a frost from northern engcountryside.rrds certainly chance of a frost from northern engcountryside. temperatures the countryside. temperatures down close to freezing on sunday morning and everywhere. you'll nofice morning and everywhere. you'll notice that chill again. but again, many , quite a bit of again, for many, quite a bit of sunshine. tomorrow morning , blue sunshine. tomorrow morning, blue skies for most of the skies lasting for most of the day across eastern and southern england. again, a showers in england. again, a few showers in north wales and for north wales and some for northern scotland where northern parts of scotland where the at least will be the winds at least will be lighter tomorrow compared to today . lighter winds further today. lighter winds further

millimetres, perhaps close to 200 millimetres, and then you can see heavy rain sitting in across north walesnglia, northern england, northern ireland, and we have heard of severe weather impacts across a large swathe of the country, 80 millimetres of rain in some spots, more than that in places. so huge amounts of rain, more than we would normally expect in the month of october. you have said a lot of this is unprecedented, but what is the forecast for the next few days? a few things to say, because the first thing is rain still falling in places, this radar shows what is going on right now, and that rain will take time to feed through into the river systems. we already have flood warnings, five severe warnings in scotland, all around parts of aberdeenshire and down into angus, some really quite significant flooding, dangerous situations and parts of scotland, but i will show you the flood warnings elsewhere, across scotland we have got 16 flood warnings at the moment, 13 in wales, 225 flood warnings in england at the last time i checked, and those numbers are going up and down all the time,

now to the north of wales, chris dearden is flintshire, we spoke to you earlier, we can see the waterave been affected by the rising waters?— rising waters? well, in terms of water actually — rising waters? well, in terms of water actually getting _ rising waters? well, in terms of water actually getting into - rising waters? well, in terms of i water actually getting into people's houses, then thankfully relatively few, there is a charge up the road which is on its own little island with water lapping at the doorways, but not quite in getting in. as for the street, interestingly named brooke street, an awful lot of sandbags out, but so far the water is just running sandbags out, but so far the water isjust running past sandbags out, but so far the water is just running past people's steps and not quite going into the houses. people keep poking their heads out of the door to make sure it is not coming any closer. suffice to say that the rain is still coming down here, andy street, as you see, is still very much a river, if you like, but the water levels seem to be dropping ever so sli

in conference we are _ border in north wales. in conference we are not— border in north wales.ting energy we are saving energy too. when labour left power. — are saving energy too. when labour left power, less than 12% of homes were considered energy—efficient. now that — were considered energy—efficient. now that figure is 50%. it is we conservatives who are delivering the practical— conservatives who are delivering the practical solutions to ensure we have _ practical solutions to ensure we have secure, cheap energy, reducing bills and _ have secure, cheap energy, reducing bills and protecting the environment. yet despite our success, _ environment. yet despite our success, we need to be honest about the challenges ahead. the transition to clean— the challenges ahead. the transition to clean energy should be a cause of optimism _ to clean energy should be a cause of optimism for the country. it should mean _ optimism for the country. it should meanjobs — optimism for the country. it should meanjobs and optimism for the country. it should mean jobs and opportunities and pride

we've got excess of 50 ml of rain in north wales and north—west england. orking up towards and across wales in the middle of the day and then moving toward the north. it is sinking southwards. really we've got a lot of cloud through the night. misty and murky conditions, it has been quite murky around the coast and hills, southern and western areas. you can see why it will be another humid night. the weather front is weakening as we go through the night. temperatures are well above 0ctober averages. on monday it will still be here. another pulse of rain will be there. showers to the north and west, but at least some sunshine across some of wales, misty and foggy in their areas, that is to watch out for any morning rush is well over the hills. that weather invigorating as we go through the day, further pulses of rain with it, and to the south further heavy thunder redone pause, hit and miss, slow moving with the light winds, but one in between and subtly feeling pleasant in between the showers further east and across north—east england, eastern scotland and

next area of very wet weather becoming really slow moving across the north of england, part of north wales and northern ireland. it is going to be very windy tomorrow, windierfor some, particularly gusty conditions down this east coast. temperatures are the least of our worries, nine to 17 degrees. as the rain continues across parts of south—east scotland and northern england during tomorrow, we have a met office amber warning in force, over tomorrow, we have a met office amber warning inforce, overioo millimetres of rain is likely and the risk of significant flooding and strong winds not helping matters. as we head into saturday, it doesn't suddenly settle down but things will slowly turn a little bit calmer, drier and the process continuing into sunday. but for the time being, dangerous weather, heavy rain particularly in scotland. thank you and we will have the latest on that on the bbc news at ten. and that's bbc news at six. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it's time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are — goodnight. hello and welco

and then, it becomes slow—moving, we think, across parts of northern ireland and north wales. the north of it, a scattering of showers. bye— bye. live from london, this is bbc news. at least 13 people have died in spain, after a fire engulfed a nightclub in the southeastern city of murcia. the uk prime minister refuses to commit to cutting taxes before the next general election, despite pressure from his own mps. change may be difficult but i believe the country wants change and i'm going to do things differently to bring about that change. the us house speaker says he won't go, after a last—minute deal to avert a us government shutdown. while president biden has this message for congress over funding for ukraine. stop playing games. get this done. and we have a special report on the migrants trying to cross the italian border to france. hello, i'm sarah campbell. welcome to bbc news. welcome to bbc news. and we start in spain, where investigators are working to identify the victims of a deadly nightclub fire in the southeastern city of murcia. at least 13 people are known to

and then, it becomes slow—moving, we think, across parts of northern ireland and north wales. 3 people have died in spain, after a fire engulfed a nightclub in the southeastern city of murcia. the uk prime minister refuses to commit to cutting taxes before the next general election, despite pressure from his own mps. change may be difficult but i believe the country wants change and i'm going to do things differently to bring about that change. the us house speaker says he won't go, after a last—minute deal to avert a us government shutdown. while president biden has this message for congress over funding for ukraine. stop playing games. get this done. hello, i'm sarah campbell. welcome to bbc news. and we start in spain, where investigators are working to identify the victims of a deadly nightclub fire in the southeastern city of murcia. at least 13 people are known to have died in what's believed to be spain's worst such disaster in over 30 years. rescuers are still searching the ruins. it's not clear what caused the blaze, which started in one club in the early hours of the

great champion of transport project on welsh borders, including electriccasion of main line in north wales and leveling up on investment in canals. would prime minister now deliver on long awaited bypass and also prioritize the a 5, include south and north -- shire? >> mr. speaker we're making significant improvement to our cross border across union thanks to hf2 we can provide a unprecedent side 1 billion pounds of investment to function the electriccation of north wales line. we also are continuing to develop the bypass scheme in knack round of the road investment plan and this second of a 5 will be considered by national highway, as part of midland to go, lochester to wales. >> important that has all relevant documents that is what public, including thousands bee bereaves families deserve, the prime minister, has been unable to locate and provide -- does he agree that devices should be handed over toke perts to retrieve this information? >> here. >> mr. speaker, the government and i have fully cooperated to provide tens of thousands of documents to covid inquiry, i look forward to givin

we've got excess of 50 mm of rain in north wales and north—west england. ard the north. it is sinking southwards. late afternoon brightness. really, we've got a lot of cloud through the night. misty and murky conditions, it has been quite murky around the coast and hills, southern and western areas. you can see why it will be another humid night. drizzly rain around even though the weather front is weakening as we go through the night. temperatures are well above october averages. on monday it will still be here. another pulse of rain will be there. showers to the north and west, but at least some sunshine across england and wales, misty and foggy in those areas, that is something to watch out for any morning rush is well over the hills. that weather invigorating as we go through the day, further pulses of rain with it, and to the south further heavy thundery downpours, hit and miss, slow moving with the light winds, but warm in between and feeling pleasant in between the showers further east and across north—east england, eastern scotland and north—east ir

and then, it becomes slow—moving, we think, across parts of northern ireland and north wales. his is bbc news, the headlines... at least 13 people have died in spain, after a fire engulfed a nightclub in the southeastern city of murcia. it's not clear what caused the fire, which broke out when the club was still busy. the uk prime minister refuses to commit to cutting taxes before the next general election, despite unrest among his own mps. instead, mr sunak says his priority is curbing inflation and easing living costs. presidentjoe biden vows to continue us support for ukraine, after further military funding was excluded from a last—minute congressional budget deal. hardline republicans oppose further military aid, with many openly opposing biden�*s approach to the war. hundreds of thousands of opposition supporters in poland have held one of the biggest demonstrations the capital has seen in years. the march through warsaw comes ahead of parliamentary elections later this month. i'll be back in half an hour, but now on bbc news, it's unspun world withjohn simpson.

hope about north wales to south wales? what about it?— about north wales to south wales?investment. for most of it it's 50 mph. we've got two lanes, we've been talking about a relief road for years and that's always been something that's been unaffordable. we see tens of billions spent on a rail project which is probably outdated and is not going to be of any benefit to us.— outdated and is not going to be of any benefit to us. some people will ask the question _ any benefit to us. some people will ask the question about _ any benefit to us. some people will ask the question about what - any benefit to us. some people will ask the question about what this i any benefit to us. some people will| ask the question about what this leg of hs2, what would be the implications for constituencies that need to be won as well, that's a political question being asked and we are looking at a lot of that on the texts as well. viewers of bbc two and bbc news leave us now. live from london, this is bbc news. in the next few hours, prime minister rishi sunak is expected to confirm "alterna

we will electrify the north wales main line.ade the a1, the a1, the a2, the as, the m6. cheering and applause there is more. there is lots more. we will connect our union with the a75, boosting links between scotland and northern ireland. we will fund the shipley bypass, the blyth relief road, and deliver 70 other road schemes. we will resurface roads across the country, we will bring back the don valley line, we will upgrade the energy coastline between carlisle, workington and barrow. we will build hundreds of other schemes and keep the £2 bus fare across the whole country. applause i challenge anyone to tell me with a straight face that all of that isn't what the north really needs. 0ur our plan will drive for more growth and opportunity here in the north than a faster train to london ever would. asjohn stephenson has long argued, east— west links are more important than north — south once. given how far along construction is, we will complete the line from birmingham to euston. and, yes, hs2 trains will still run here to man

we've got excess of 50 mm of rain in north wales and north—west england. ly, we've got a lot of cloud through the night. misty and murky conditions, it has been quite murky around the coast and hills, southern and western areas. you can see why it will be another humid night. drizzly rain around even though the weather front is weakening as we go through the night. temperatures are well above 0ctober averages. on monday it will still be here. another pulse of rain will be there. showers to the north and west, but at least some sunshine across england and wales, misty and foggy in those areas, that is something to watch out for any morning rush is well over the hills. that weather invigorating as we go through the day, further pulses of rain with it, and to the south further heavy thundery downpours, hit and miss, slow moving with the light winds, but warm in between and feeling pleasant in between the showers further east and across north—east england, eastern scotland and north—east ireland. but through spots in scotland and england and wales through tomor

scottish borders, the cheviots, peaks, the pennines, north wales — these areas could see rainfall heavyell through friday, friday night and into the first part of saturday. so there will be further impacts as we look at the weather forecast into this weekend, thanks to storm babet. so, babet is going to be bringing some big weather impacts. we are going to see some flooding. it's quite likely to be severe, widespread in places, and disruption is expected to transport and power. keep up to date with the flood warnings online. this is bbc news. the headlines: rishi sunak flies from israel to saudi arabia, where he had talks with crown prince mohammed bin salman. earlier, mr sunak promised israel his full backing as he met the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. you described this as israel's darkest hour. well, then, it's for me to say i'm proud to stand here with you in israel's darkest hour as your friend. we will stand with you in solidarity. we will stand with your people. this is not merely our battle. it's the battle of the entire civilised world. aid agencies warn gaza need

we've got excess of 50 ml of rain in north wales and north—west england. t will be another humid night. the weather front is weakening as we go through the night. temperatures are well above 0ctober averages. on monday it will still be here. another pulse of rain will be there. showers to the north and west, but at least some sunshine across some of wales, misty and foggy in their areas, that is to watch out for any morning rush is well over the hills. that weather invigorating as we go through the day, further pulses of rain with it, and to the south further heavy thundery downpours, hit and miss, slow moving with the light winds, but one in between and subtly feeling pleasant in between the showers further east and across north—east england, eastern scotland and north—east ireland. but through spots in scotland and england and wales through tomorrow evening and tomorrow night, some debate as to how far north it is going to travel, that heavy rain, but it should clear through tuesday and as pressure starts to build we have more of a north—westerly wind. th

we will not be _ north wales electrification?er even that we — not to trust them to deliver even that. we will hold them to account until they— that. we will hold them to account until they do and we will keep standing _ until they do and we will keep standing up for our communities. when _ standing up for our communities. when people ask is why we believe in independence, it is because we know we can— independence, it is because we know we can do— independence, it is because we know we can do better than this. on a journey— we can do better than this. on a journey towards that goal, we must commence — journey towards that goal, we must commence the curious and as yet unconvinced that this really is a destination for both heart and mind, a place _ destination for both heart and mind, a place where aspiration is met with a place where aspiration is met with a dedication and determination to improve _ a dedication and determination to improve the lives of the people of wales _ improve the lives of the people of wales. and whilst in

so turning wewell as north—westlorth wales start to increase. northern ireland actually getting a bit through the getting a bit drier through the afternoon. some even. and eastern of england mostly eastern parts of england mostly dry a bit of dry and bright. a bit of sunshine poke through and sunshine could poke through and that'll to that'll see temperatures up to 19 elsewhere . we're in 19 degrees elsewhere. we're in the at best. weather the mid—teens at best. weather fronts continue to bring further rain across north—west scotland. that cause some issues that could cause some issues by the to the weekend. the time we get to the weekend. but south, look at this, but further south, look at this, temperatures rise. temperatures are on the rise. high pressure moving in. a lot of fine weather as head into of fine weather as we head into the for england and the weekend for england and wales temperatures this wales and temperatures this weekend could in 20s >> good afternoon . it is 2:00 >> good afternoon. it is 2:00 and you are with the live desk he

scottish borders, the cheviots, peaks, the pennines, north wales — these areas could see rainfall heavympacts as we look at the weather forecast into this weekend, thanks to storm babet. so, babet is going to be bringing some big weather impacts. we are going to see some flooding. it's quite likely to be severe, widespread in places, and disruption is expected to transport and power. keep up to date with the flood warnings online. hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. this is our darkest hour. it is the world's darkest hour. we need to stand together and we need to win. palestinians are victims of what hamas has done. it is important that we continue to provide humanitarian access. and that this is the situation now that the... bunker, bunker! we're going to the... rockets are coming! go, go, go! rishi sunak says the uk stands with israel, but the war in gaza he says must follow international law. there are 20 trucks of much needed aid still waiting to cross from egypt. the un says gaza "is on the brink", with over 100 trucks needed every day, to support

scottish borders, the cheviots, peaks, the pennines, north wales — these areas could see rainfall heavyf saturday. so there will be further impacts as we look at the weather forecast into this weekend, thanks to storm babet. so, babet is going to be bringing some big weather impacts. we are going to see some flooding. it's quite likely to be severe, widespread in places, and disruption is expected to transport and power. keep up to date with the flood warnings online. hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. rishi sunak flies from israel to saudi arabia, where he had talks with crown prince mohammed bin salman. we will talk more about the problems in the middle east shortly, but 1st, sport now with a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. european football's governing body — uefa — has confirmed the euro 2024 qualifier between belgium and sweden won't be replayed. the match was halted for security reasons after two people were shot dead in brussels on monday. a third swedish citizen was seriously injured in the attack, which took place three miles from th

but the rain whilst in north wales, northern england and northern ireland will be on and off for a timelly sets in, becoming very heavy in the hills, in the southwest in particular later in the night. it does keep temperatures up, though. that feed of warmer air pushing in, temperatures for many in the teens as we start saturday. but a distinct north—south contrast. we'll see some low cloud around some southern coasts, some of which will come and go through the day. but spells of hazy sunshine elsewhere. northern england, northern ireland brighten up after a cloudy start. but whilst we'll see sunshine in northern scotland, outbreaks of persistent rain through much of the mainland and feeling cold as well for this stage of the year. nine degrees in aberdeen, maybe even lower than that in the highlands, 2a towards london. though warmer conditions, though, will become a bit more dominant in the north through into sunday. still cloud, still some outbreaks of rain, but mainly in the north of scotland, one or two showers elsewhere. but improvement on saturday, temperatures up into the low if

showers moving from south—west england into south—west wales and temperatures, 11-17 north south—westoss southern england and it will be a blustery night but it won't be a cold night. as we go through tomorrow, storm babet moves across our shores, tomorrow, storm babet moves across ourshores, look tomorrow, storm babet moves across our shores, look at the isobars, the wind is picking up and rain particularly in the west and south will be heavy, but we have rain moving northwards across scotland which will clear and then some heavy downpours, some of which will be thundery, but still a lot of dry weather. the wind picking up, widely weather. the wind picking up, widely we are looking at gusts of between the low 30s and mid 405. temperature the low 305 and mid 405. temperature wise, up a touch again, looking at ten in the north to 19 in the south. a5 ten in the north to 19 in the south. as we move into thursday, 5ome ten in the north to 19 in the south. as we move into thursday, some heavy rain coming in acro55 north—east scotland in particular, 5ome rain coming in acro55 north—east sco

through this evening and overnight the rain continues to advance through north wales, clipping north—wester heavy showers coming in across southern england and it will be a blustery night but it won't be a cold night. as we go through tomorrow, storm babet moves across our shores, look at the isobars, the winds picking up and rain particularly in the west and south will be heavy, but we have rain moving northwards across scotland which will clear and then some heavy downpours, some of which will be thundery, but still a lot of dry weather. the wind picking up, widely we are looking at gusts of between the low 30s and mid 40s. temperature—wise, up a touch again, looking at ten in the north to 19 in the south. as we move into thursday, some heavy rain coming in across north—east scotland in particular, some heavy rain across northern england. heavy downpours for the rest of england, wales and northern ireland, and it's also going to be windy. gales, even severe gales, across the far north of scotland. windy in areas adjacent to the north sea. even on friday, it's going to be wet and windy.

we can now provide an unprecedented £1 billion of investment to fund the electrification of the north walessection of the 85 in england will be considered by national highways as part of the midlands to gloucestershire to wales route strategy. it is midlands to gloucestershire to wales route strategy-— route strategy. it is important that the covid inquiry _ route strategy. it is important that the covid inquiry has _ route strategy. it is important that the covid inquiry has all _ route strategy. it is important that the covid inquiry has all the - the covid inquiry has all the relevant documents. that is what the public, including thousands of bereaved families, expect and deserve. but despite being a self—described tech bro, the prime minister has been unable to locate and both the government and i have fully co—operated to provide tens of thousands of documents to the inquiry and i look forward to giving evidence later this week. iituiith inquiry and i look forward to giving evidence later this week.— evidence later this week. with the on . oina evidence later this week. with the ongoin

, rain eases off in parts of north wales ands today in northern england, that only adds to enhancing the rainfall on the eastern side. lightest wind across the south, sunny spells, it will feel warm and pleasant. into tonight, rain to start with, mainly in north wales and northern england, edging into northern and eastern parts of scotland once again, a few clear skies here and there and it won't be a cold night although the wind will make it feel unpleasant in scotland into tomorrow morning, so this is the set up for saturday. low pressure with us, it is held in place by this area of high pressure to the north east. some longer spell of rain developing through the day, some heavy and thundery, persistent rain to the north and east of scotland. again piling into to those areas his it by floods. in between, part of northern ireland, northern england, north midlands brighter skies develop. 0ne england, north midlands brighter skies develop. one or two will stay dry with sunshine, for all temperatures will be round where we should

scottish borders, the cheviots, peaks, the pennines, north wales — these areas could see rainfall heavyart of saturday. so there will be further impacts as we look at the weather forecast into this weekend, thanks to storm babet. so, babet is going to be bringing some big weather impacts. we are going to see some flooding. it's quite likely to be severe, widespread in places, and disruption is expected to transport and power. keep up to date with the flood warnings online. hello, i'm christian fraser. this is the context on bbc news. this is our darkest hour. it is the world's darkest hour. we need to stand together and we need to win. palestinians are victims of what hamas has done. it is important that we continue to provide humanitarian access. and that this is the situation now that the... bunker, bunker! we're going to the... rockets are coming! go, go, go! the trucks in egypt are loaded and ready, and still they wait. israel has continued to bomb gaza today, including areas in the south designated a safe zone for those who have fled the north. the hospitals are running out of anae

on sunday, perhaps 30 to a0 millimetres across north west england, north walesnd fog over the hills under this weather front. to the north of it, it's brighter. sunny spells, just the odd shower. but look at the temperatures in the sunshine. we could see 19 in the north, 23 or 2a the sun comes out in the south. and that weather front still with us as we go through sunday night. so again, mist and fog issues to the south of it, scattered showers in the north. but along this weather front as it joins forces with that mugginess, we could see some thundery downpours and again, another very warm night as we go through sunday into monday. it is fresher to the north, but because of these various bumps on our weather fronts that could import some really intense downpours. so at the moment, monday is looking rather unsettled, particularly for england and wales. there could be some very lively torrential downpours and thunderstorms. to the north a scattering showers as well, but some brighter, sunnier spells in between a fresh 14 or 15, still 21, 22, if we do see some sun

it's quite windy here, but scotland, northern ireland, northern england, north wales, sunny spells thispecially in the north and west of scotland. the winds in northern scotland gusting 50mph, 60mph, maybe a little bit more later. that adds to the chill here. just nine or ten degrees in lerwick and stornoway, 22 towards east anglia and the south—east, where we'll see the rain push through during the second half of the evening rush hour before clearing. for the rest of the night, showers peppering northern and western coasts. those showers turning increasingly wintry across the north of scotland, but with some clear skies elsewhere. if you are sheltered from some strong winds, it will feel rather chilly. south—east scotland, north—east england maybe a bit of frost. the strongest winds are on the southern flank of this area of low pressure, to the north and north—east of scotland for saturday, but it will help to drive that colder air southwards to all the blue colours on the chart here. now, if we take took a look at saturday, we'll have frequent showers turning wintry across northern sc

through this evening and overnight, the rain continues to advance through north wales, clipping north—west further heavy showers coming in across southern england and it will be a blustery night but it won't be a cold night. as we go through tomorrow, storm babet moves across our shores, look at the isobars, the winds picking up and rain particularly in the west and south will be heavy, but we have rain moving northwards across scotland which will clear and then some heavy downpours, some of which will be thundery, but still a lot of dry weather. the wind picking up, widely we are looking at gusts of between the low 30s and mid 405. temperature—wise, up a touch again, looking at ten in the north to 19 in the south. as we move into thursday, some heavy rain coming in across north—east scotland in particular, some heavy rain across northern england. heavy downpours for the rest of england, wales and northern ireland, and it's also going to be windy. gales, even severe gales, across the far north of scotland. windy in areas adjacent to the north sea. even on friday, it's going to be wet and w

the first part of saturday around the scottish borders, the peak district and the pennines and north wales areas could also see flooding issues. heavy rain overnight for these areas. as we go into saturday, something of an improvement in that something of an improvement in that some of the heaviest rain starts to ease. however, storm babet is very likely to lead to some significant flooding, some communities could get completely cut off by the floodwaters, disruption has started to happen and is likely to become much more widespread over the next few days. thank you so much. and that's bbc news at one. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. england make the changes, ahead of their world cup semifinal with champions south africa. we'll tell you who's in and who's out of the rugby world cup. can bangladesh hold out and inflict india's first loss at the cricket world cup? to host the 207 runs if they are to make it three wickets from four. and becker says he is coaching one of the men's top ten players. he is back. hello and welcome along to the programme. the countdown is on, ahe

northern ireland, northern england and north wales , where we'll see the north wales, where we'll seeafter initial rain clears away, it will be clears away, but it will be windy much cooler here with windy and much cooler here with that wind from the north that wind coming from the north for north of scotland, for the far north of scotland, along showers . so 13 along with a few showers. so 13 celsius, for example. but the celsius, for example. but in the south, well, that's where the sunshine be at its warmest sunshine will be at its warmest with temperatures here of 20 to 23, perhaps 24 celsius. we keep some of that warmth into the evening and overnight. certainly a breezy night and a cloudy night for many. so temperatures aren't going to fall far the aren't going to fall far for the northern isles. we're going to see and strong wind see showers and a strong wind from the north, gales in exposed parts. for rest of parts. but for the rest of scotland , actually, it's scotland, actually, it's increasingly wet by dawn with some heavy rain turning up, especially west of especially in th

scottish borders, the cheviots, peaks, the pennines, north wales — these areas could see rainfall heavy to see some flooding. it's quite likely to be severe, widespread in places, and disruption is expected to transport and power. keep up to date with the flood warnings online. hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. in a potential blow to donald trump — his former attorney sidney powell pleads guilty in georgia election case. as part of that plea deal she may well be asked to testify in all the cases the former president facing. it will not have escaped your notice that while we have been concentrating on the implosion of the middle east, this past 12 days, ukraine as a story has dropped down the news agenda. but we are going to redress that balance tonight. because it is of huge importance what is going on in ukraine and maybe not entirely disconnected from what is going on. maybe we will get into that. the concern of course is that a second front will put pressure on budgets and already strained inventories. just before the war broke out in the middle ea

relentless across eastern scotland and also northern england, parts of east anglia, the north midlands, north wales we've seen widespread flooding, and this met office amber warning remains in force through the first parts of saturday morning. but of greatest concern, i think, is this red warning covering parts of angus and southern aberdeenshire, a further 100 millimetres of rain, further significant flooding and a danger to life. amber warnings covering larger parts of eastern and northern scotland, as this rain just keeps on coming through the day tomorrow. for england and wales, broadly speaking, a drier day. this band of showery rain will push eastwards. could see hefty downpours skirting the south east corner. northern ireland probably having some of the best of the weather — largely dry, just the odd shower, some spells of sunshine. windy in the south of england and the channel islands, still windy in north—east scotland. but for many northern parts of the uk, not as windy as it has been. temperatures north to south, 8 to 16 degrees. now, this heavy rain continues into saturday evening, but

to the west midlands metro, building a tram system in leeds, electrifying the main rail line in north walesnecessarily popular, even in his own party. some conservatives hate the idea of banning things. rishi sunak wants to ban smoking for the next generation. i propose that in future, we raise the smoking age by one year every year. the debate over trans rights prompts strong feelings. the prime minister's view got one of his biggest cheers here. we shouldn't get bullied into believing that people can be any sex they want to be. they can't. a man is a man and a woman is a woman — that's just common sense. the final big policy idea in this speech was about post—i6 education in england. we will introduce the new rigorous, knowledge—rich, advanced british standard, which will bring together a—levels and t—levels into a new single qualification for our school leavers. as the speech drew towards a conclusion, there was a return to personal reflection. rishi sunak said the uk was not racist. now, i am proud to be the first british asian prime minister, but you know what? i'm even prouder that it

then with quite cloud, certainly quite a lot of cloud, certainly for wales north—west for north walesrthern ireland going to turn pretty morning turn into a pretty soggy morning fairly the moving fairly quickly. the rain moving in here and then into in here and then pushing into western scotland as well. the winds will start to increase. so turning wet windy across turning wet and windy across north as north wales as well as north—west england, northern ireland bit ireland actually turning a bit drier through afternoon. drier through the afternoon. southern and eastern parts of england, dry and bright. england, mostly dry and bright. a sunshine could poke a bit of sunshine could poke through that'll see through and that'll see temperatures 19 degrees temperatures up to 19 degrees elsewhere . we're in the elsewhere. we're in the mid—teens best. weather mid—teens at best. weather fronts continue to bring further rain across north—west scotland. that cause some issues by that could cause some issues by the time get to weekend. that could cause some issues by the further get to weekend. t

we've showery rain moving out of northern ireland into northern england and north wales.ne to hang onto some mist and murk through the day. top temperatures up to 24 or 25 somewhere in south east england. as we head through the evening, and overnight, this band of rain moves south as a weakening feature. but as it crosses england and also wales it's going to rejuvenate. some patchy fog ahead of it, blustery showers behind it. and under clear skies we're looking at a chilly night in sheltered glens with temperatures falling away to four or six but mild across england, wales and northern ireland. through tomorrow, our band of rain slowly sinks southwards. won't get into the far south till after dark. on the other side of it, we're looking at sunshine, blustery showers. still windy across the far north of scotland, but fresher conditions will be following behind that weather front. so temperatures 10 to about 17 degrees for most of us. it's the south that's still clinging on to the warmer conditions at this stage. so wednesday into thursday, our front lingers in the south as

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