high pressure tries to build in from the north—west, but this set—up will bring us a northerly wind.rctic blast or anything like that, but it is going to feel quite a bit chillier for northern and eastern areas, especially, and there is going to be quite a lot of cloud round on friday, as well. having said that, it should be one of the drier days of the week. temperatures, though, really struggling across northern parts of scotland, the highest values down towards the south of the uk. now, as we look further ahead, it looks as if low pressure is going to take charge once again. there is a lot of uncertainty about the detail, but it looks like we will see showers or longer spells of rain at times, and as for the feel of the weather, well, it's not likely to be desperately cold or desperately warm. we are stuck in a bit of a no man's land, but i think, on balance, it is likely to be relatively cool for much of the time. there will be some spells of sunshine around, but there will also be the continued risk of some pretty heavy downpours. that's all from me, bye for now. with no frost t

there are a few gaps, especially in north—west england. what a lovely afternoon in cumbria.oss southern counties of england and rain also in northern scotland but in between, eventually becoming drier. temperatures similar to recent nights. tomorrow, rain in scotland and the south of england but otherwise bright and sunshine. shower clouds developing and by the afternoon, heavy and thundery.

with most in the north—west of england and some in london. north-west of england and some in london-—nd and some in london._ so - in london. sharp scratch. so far vaccines _ in london. sharp scratch. so far vaccines remain - in london. sharp scratch. so far vaccines remain highly i far vaccines remain highly effective. ministers are considering reducing the time between the first and second jabs and additional vaccine clinics have been set up in blackburn. but despite calls by local leaders the programme has not yet been open up more widely to all adults over 18, leading to concerns about what measures will be used.- measures will be used. what worried me _ measures will be used. what worried me today _ measures will be used. what worried me today was - measures will be used. what worried me today was that i measures will be used. what l worried me today was that the prime minister raising the spectre of local lockdowns. i can assure you my view on those has not changed at all. we would be very concerned about the government considering blackburn, bolton, anywhere, to be honest, to be

across the north—west of scotland, still further showers to come.verywhere, and it will be a coolish night but largely frost free. a few showers will come into southern and western parts of england, possibly wales as well, towards dawn. any bits of mist and low cloud first thing will meander out of the way. plenty of sunshine to come, as you can see, through the morning hours but won't be long before that strong may sunshine gets to work, bubbling up the cloud, showers develop more widely. still a fairly brisk wind, as i say, in southern and western areas. 0ur rain slow to clear but gradually clearing for but a real rash of showers following behind, with hail, thunder, squally winds. in between, 16 and 17, feeling quite pleasant, but clearly, in those downpours, there could be quite a lot of localised standing water. and they continue well through the evening and overnight. once again, temperatures falling back into single figures, but largely frost free. and then we're really chasing those showers. the devil really will be in the detail this week,

across the north—west of scotland, still further showers to come.asing away everywhere, and it will be a coolish night but largely frost free. a few showers will come into southern and western parts of england, possibly wales as well, towards dawn. any bits of mist and low cloud first thing will meander out of the way. plenty of sunshine to come, as you can see, through the morning hours but won't be long before that strong may sunshine gets to work, bubbling up the cloud, showers develop more widely. still a fairly brisk wind, as i say, in southern and western areas. our rain slow to clear but gradually clearing for the north—west of scotland, but a real rash of showers following behind, with hail, thunder, squally winds. in between, 16 and 17, feeling quite pleasant, but clearly, in those downpours, there could be quite a lot of localised standing water. and they continue well through the evening and overnight. once again, temperatures falling back into single figures, but largely frost free. and then we're really chasing those showers. the devil

across the north—west of scotland, still further showers to come. parts of england, possibly wales as well, towards dawn. and then we're really chasing those showers. the devil really will be in the detail this week, with showers. it might be that we've still got that more persistent rain hanging around in the north—west of scotland, possibly more meandering into western areas. plenty of sunshine to come, as you can see, through the morning hours but won't be long before that strong may sunshine gets to work, bubbling up the cloud, showers develop more widely. still a fairly brisk wind, as i say, in southern and western areas. 0ur rain slow to clear but gradually clearing for the north—west of scotland, but a real rash of showers following behind, with hail, thunder, squally winds. in between, 16 and 17, feeling quite pleasant, but clearly, in those downpours, there could be quite a lot of localised standing water. and they continue well through the evening and overnight. once again, temperatures falling back into single figures, but largely frost f

the north west of scotland, parts of northern ireland. much of england and wales, it's pretty similar to sunday. plenty of sunshine, light winds and feeling warm — in fact, even warmer. we could make 2a—25 degrees across the south or the south east. and it stays fine, settled and sunny, particularly for england and wales as we head through the first week ofjune. temperatures holding up at around the mid—20s celsius across the south east. this is bbc news, i'm ben boulos. our top stories. the growing row over the arrest of a belarusian journalist whose flight was diverted — as a un agency investigates, his mother asks for international help. i beg you, i ask you for help. i call upon you to save roman, save my son. china warns the us as president biden orders a fresh inquiry into the origins of covid, and suggestions of a chinese laboratory leak persist. has the recent fighting between israel and hamas revealed fault lines in america's relationship with its main regional ally? and shedding light on dark matter — scientists map out the most

across the north—west of scotland, still further showers to come.ere, and it will be a coolish night but largely frost free. a few showers will come into southern and western parts of england, possibly wales as well, towards dawn. any bits of mist and low cloud first thing will meander out of the way. plenty of sunshine to come, as you can see, through the morning hours but won't be long before that strong may sunshine gets to work, bubbling up the cloud, showers develop more widely. still a fairly brisk wind, as i say, in southern and western areas. 0ur rain slow to clear but gradually clearing for the north—west of scotland, but a real rash of showers following behind, with hail, thunder, squally winds. in between, 16 and 17, feeling quite pleasant, but clearly, in those downpours, there could be quite a lot of localised standing water. and they continue well through the evening and overnight. once again, temperatures falling back into single figures, but largely frost free. and then we're really chasing those showers. the devil really will be in

where we develop some sunshine, so across northern ireland, eventually western parts of scotland, north—wester a dull start for some. but for eastern england and certainly the north—east of scotland, we will hold on to more cloud. where we have more of the cloud, well, there won't be so many showers but it will feel chilly — 11 or 12 degrees — and there could be the odd spot of drizzle around at times. now, as we head through friday night into saturday, some bits and pieces of showery rain will be replaced by a band of more persistent rain pushing up from the south—west across england, wales into northern ireland by the end of the night. quite a mild start to the weekend but it is going to be quite a turbulent weekend of weather, actually, with some very, very heavy downpours and thunderstorms, always with some sunny spells in between. our band of rain will continue to push its way slowly northwards during saturday, perhaps getting up into the south of scotland by the end of the day. behind it, sunshine and showers, but those showers really will start to turn very, very heavy for wales and t

are feared dead after a boat carrying around 200 people — mainly women and children — sinks in north—west. a landmark dealfor uber as it agrees to recognise a trade union for the very first time. president biden tells his intelligence agencies to step up their investigation into the origins of covid—19. villarreal beat manchester united in the europa league final — after a dramatic penalty shoot—out. 0h,! my eyes! and it's a friends fans frenzy as the gang reunites for the first time in decades — in just a few hours�* time. hello and thanks forjoining us. a desperate search is taking place for more than 150 people feared to have drowned when an over—loaded ferry sank in north west nigeria. the majority of those missing are reported to be women and children. president muhammadu buhari called the accident "devastating". the boat was travelling between central niger state and wara in northwest kebbi state when it sank. the bbc�*s sara monetta has the latest. the crowd gathered on the banks of the river as news of the shipwreck spread into town. there's anxiety in the air. divers pulled a few

wales at north—west england might have a chance of slipping through the gap, perhaps a dry afternoonucky. 0vernight, more rain, the area of cloud will bring the wet weather across southern counties and weather across southern counties and we have more rate pushing across northern scotland, but in between, gradually getting a bit quieter and drier overnight. another one of sunshine and showers tomorrow, most of them will be across eastern areas where we have the trough, further west, pressure rises. south—west england, wales, a decent shout of having a try afternoon with long spells of sunshine. it is may sunshine, meaning temperatures about 15 or 16 will not feel too bad if url to and about. make the most of that, because this is coming our way, thursday and indeed friday, another area of low pressure, though it is a more general soaking, might start with bright weather across eastern areas and it will be very windy too, gusts could reach around 50 or 60 mph around the coasts of southern wales in particular, very windy, windy and up to bring down tree branches, there could be localis

dr andrew furber is the regional director in the north west of england for public health england. afternoon to you. how concerned are you about the indian variant in your patch in the indian variant in your patch in the northwest of england? goad the northwest of england? good afternoon- _ the northwest of england? good afternoon. we _ the northwest of england? good afternoon. we are _ the northwest of england? good afternoon. we are very - the northwest of england? (emf. afternoon. we are very concerned. we are seeing a rapid increase in case rates in bolton and blackburn. we have also seen a tremendous response from the community in terms of getting tested and getting vaccinated, and we are not seeing case rates in any increase in hospital admissions or more severe disease. we are concerned but we are managing it very actively. that disease. we are concerned but we are managing it very actively.— managing it very actively. that is interesting _ managing it very actively. that is interesting because _ managing it very actively. that is interesting because i _ managing it very act

across the north—west of scotland, still further showers to come.ll come into southern and western parts of england, possibly wales as well, towards dawn. any bits of mist and low cloud first thing will meander out of the way. plenty of sunshine to come, as you can see, through the morning hours but won't be long before that strong may sunshine gets to work, bubbling up the cloud, showers develop more widely. still a fairly brisk wind, as i say, in southern and western areas. our rain slow to clear but gradually clearing for the north—west of scotland, but a real rash of showers following behind, with hail, thunder, squally winds. in between, 16 and 17, feeling quite pleasant, but clearly, in those downpours, there could be quite a lot of localised standing water. and they continue well through the evening and overnight. once again, temperatures falling back into single figures, but largely frost free. and then we're really chasing those showers. the devil really will be in the detail this week, with showers. it might be that we've still got that mo

we are seeing particularly increases in different geographic areas, such as the north west, but manyre seeing cases as the variant spreads. if you've got a mask, please put it on. not far from bolton, manchester united fans headed to watch the home game this evening, the first with spectators for months. with some coming from across the north west of england, officials will keep a close eye on the impact of this and other lockdown easing measures. hugh pym, bbc news. so, as ministers consider the next stage of lifting the lockdown in england — more questions are being asked about international travel. 0ur deputy political editor vicki young is at westminster. what can you tell us about these calculations? the what can you tell us about these calculations?— calculations? the government is stru: . linu calculations? the government is struggling to _ calculations? the government is struggling to explain _ calculations? the government is struggling to explain its - calculations? the government is struggling to explain its local- struggling to explain its local traffic light system coveri

more testing and vaccinating in parts of north—west england, where covid cases are surging due to thendian variant. but warnings that vaccinating is not an instant remedy. any of those people receiving a first dose of vaccine today will not really start to get any benefit of protection for at least two or three weeks from now and that's really quite slow. wreath—laying services are being held across the uk and around the world — to mark the centenary of the royal british legion. it's fa cup final day — chelsea play leicester, who are looking to win it for the first time. chelsea are hoping to win it for the ninth time. 20,000 supporters are heading to wembley, and over a billion are likely to follow the game around the world. we are we a re leicester we are leicester and it has to be our time now. it means so much. at our time now. it means so much. at the end of the day chelsea had a team _ the end of the day chelsea had a team that — the end of the day chelsea had a team that won trophies and it is the way we _ team that won trophies and it is the way we do _ team that won trophies

across the north—west of scotland, still further showers to come.to southern and western parts of england, possibly wales as well, towards dawn. any bits of mist and low cloud first thing will meander out of the way. plenty of sunshine to come, as you can see, through the morning hours but won't be long before that strong may sunshine gets to work, bubbling up the cloud, showers develop more widely. still a fairly brisk wind, as i say, in southern and western areas. 0ur rain slow to clear but gradually clearing for the north—west of scotland, but a real rash of showers following behind, with hail, thunder, squally winds. in between, 16 and 17, feeling quite pleasant, but clearly, in those downpours, there could be quite a lot of localised standing water. and they continue well through the evening and overnight. once again, temperatures falling back into single figures, but largely frost free. and then we're really chasing those showers. the devil really will be in the detail this week, with showers. it might be that we've still got that more persist

wales or north—west england not faringr. hello, this is bbc news with jane hill. the headlines: keeping to the plan — the prime minister says there is "nothing conclusive" in current data that means the lockdown roadmap will need to be delayed. i don't see anything conclusive at the moment to say that we need to deviate from the road map but we have got to be cautious and we are keeping everything under very close observation. extra vaccination centres have been opened and surge—testing is continuing in areas affected by the indian covid variant. police prepare to excavate a cafe in gloucester, searching for mary bastholm. she disappeared in 1968, and it's thought she may have been murdered by the serial killer, fred west. palestinian protestors and israeli security forces clash in the west bank town of bethlehem. president biden hasjoined calls for a ceasefire in the conflict between israel and hamas. hospital admissions for obesity—related treatment in england reach a record high of more than a million a year. sport now,

across the north—west of scotland, still further showers to come.bly wales as well, towards dawn. any bits of mist and low cloud first thing will meander out of the way. plenty of sunshine to come, as you can see, through the morning hours but won't be long before that strong may sunshine gets to work, bubbling up the cloud, showers develop more widely. still a fairly brisk wind, as i say, in southern and western areas. our rain slow to clear but gradually clearing for the north—west of scotland, but a real rash of showers following behind, with hail, thunder, squally winds. in between, 16 and 17, feeling quite pleasant, but clearly, in those downpours, there could be quite a lot of localised standing water. and they continue well through the evening and overnight. once again, temperatures falling back into single figures, but largely frost free. and then we're really chasing those showers. the devil really will be in the detail this week, with showers. it might be that we've still got that more persistent rain hanging around in the north—west of sc

the snow has turned back to rain in scotland and that rain will move into the north—west, where it willthrough the afternoon. the northern ireland, wales and south—west england, these areas will have the best chance of staying dry with sunny spells. for most of us, it is cool. tonight, showers continue across the western coasts but inland, temperatures will drop away and it's going to be another cold one with patches of fast developing. —— patches of frost. tomorrow, a lovely start to the day, plenty of morning sunshine. but by the afternoon, we are looking at showers. they will be most frequent for northern and eastern areas of scotland and eastern areas of england. but again in south—west england, wales and northern ireland are having the best of the weather. there will be some high cloud here moving in ahead of this weather system which is coming our way for the start of the weekend. this is going to be bringing a zone of wet and windy weather. it will also be dredging up some relatively mild air compared with recent days. so temperatures will be rising, but it's not going to be the

wet and windy weather arrives through northern ireland, gradually moving into southern scotland, north—westngland and wales, perhaps staying showery in the far north, and south—east england should stay dry until the end of the afternoon. top temperatures 7—12 celsius. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: a change in guidance on care homes. from tuesday, residents in england will be able to visit relatives without having to self—isolate when they return. india becomes the first country to record 400,000 coronavirus infections in a single day. five people are arrested on suspicion of terror offences, including a 16—year—old boy, as police target three locations across the uk. and there's a warning that most of the uk's summer music festivals could be called off because they can't get covid cancellation insurance. now on bbc news, one year on from the death of george floyd in minneapolis, are america's racial divisions starting to heal, or are they as deep as ever? hello and welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi. the black lives matter movement triggered a bout of soul—searching

. 0ur merely confined to the north—west.der control.— everything they can to get this under control. when you said you identified the _ under control. when you said you identified the problem _ under control. when you said you identified the problem earlier - under control. when you said you | identified the problem earlier and you felt that you should have had a little bit more help earlier, what are we talking here?— little bit more help earlier, what are we talking here? days? weeks? i think some of — are we talking here? days? weeks? i think some of the _ are we talking here? days? weeks? i think some of the information - are we talking here? days? weeks? i think some of the information about | think some of the information about the variant came through to our team is a little later than it could have done. it was a full 2a hours after the information appeared on a twitter feed that filtered down to our local team, although we were aware of it, but we were working already and already have a good relationship with our sc

the rain not amounting to much for north west scotland. but the winds will be very strong, gusting to 50—60 mph around those english channel coasts, perhaps 70 mph gusts somewhere like the needles, the west coast of the isle of wight, and those temperatures disappointing. just 13 in london. well, it should be about 19 at this time of year. saturday, brighter, but there'll be some showers around, some of them heavy and thundery. sunday sees a return of more wet weather pushing in from the west. it will also be quite windy. so, saturday's weather first of all. might be some rain there or thereabouts in the south, certainly quite a few showers across eastern areas as we start the day. the best of any brighter weather probably developing across northern and western areas of the uk as we go through the afternoon. and those temperatures still pretty disappointing — 12 in glasgow, should be about 16 at this time of year. and sunday, bright start with some sunshine. this band of rain is going to move in from the west with strengthening winds follo

more testing and vaccinating people in parts of north—west england — where covid cases are surging duee indian variant. some health officials want all over 18s to be offered the jab. we're glad that we're getting the acceleration of the vaccination programme across bolton, and we will keep pushing for 18 years plus. violence continues in gaza — palestinian officials say an israeli airstrike has killed seven people, including four children. a us envoy is in the region for talks to de—escalate the conflict. wreath laying services are being held across the uk and around the world — to mark the centenary of the royal british legion. it's fa cup final day — leicester, who are looking to win it for the first time, face fa cup regulars chelsea — in front of over 20,000 at wembley and over a billion following around the world. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the army is to be deployed in the north west of england to help with surge testing to try to combat the indian variant of coronavirus. infection rates have gone up rapidly — particularly in bolton and b

windy weather arriving through northern ireland, gradually pushing its way into southern scotland, north—westnd and wales, perhaps things carry the far north of scotland in south—east england should stay dry until the end of the afternoon. top temperature hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... a change in guidance on care homes — from tuesday residents in england will be able to visit relatives without having to self—isolate when they return. india becomes the first country to record 400,000 coronavirus infections in a single day. st paul's cathedral launches a campaign to raise money for a memorial to commemorate those who have died with covid—i9. and there's a warning that most of the uk's summer music cancellation insurance. now on bbc news... influencers across the globe are promoting apetamin as a quick fix for kardashian—esque curves. but there's a lot they don't know about this so—called �*miracle�* syrup. 0ne user has been investigating for bbc news. i am altou mvuama, a model and influencer. so obviously appearance is everything for me. it is a really competitive world out there.

the north west of scotland, parts of northern ireland.unshine, light winds and feeling warm — in fact, even warmer. we could make 24—25 degrees across the south or the south east. and it stays fine, settled and sunny, particularly for england and wales as we head through the first week ofjune. temperatures holding up at around the mid—20s celsius across the south east. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. joe biden says he'll release the results of a new inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus to the public. china says any suggestion it leaked from a lab is a "conspiracy". the british prime minister rejects claims by his own former adviser that government mistakes led to thousands of extra covid deaths, and his health secretary denies repeatedly lying about the pandemic. my recollection of events is that i committed to delivering that testing for people going from hospital into care homes when we could do it. japanese doctors call for the tokyo olympics to be cancelled, warning the gam

heaviest of the day's showers, some rumbles of thunder possible, some more persistant cloud for the north—westinds as well. but still milder than yesterday. temperatures in the mid—teens. now, through the evening and overnight we've got that warm, muggy air across the south—east and east anglia, we could see some very heavy showers breaking out with some rumbles of thunder and local downpours moving into the early hours of monday, those look like they could even close in on the coast of the north west of england. a mild night, though, temperatures 11 or 12 degrees here but across the board we are frost—free and temperatures no lower than six or seven even across the more sheltered parts of scotland. the low still with us on monday potentially pushing out some more persistent rain out towards the north—east of scotland. i think that will head towards the northern isles, though, this area of heavy rain as monday shapes up. towards the west, the low centre still rolling away to the west of ireland, that means lots more showers for northern ireland and scotland through the day. a little more hit a

the prime minister has reportedly resigned to been taken to an army base north west of the capital damica, along with the president and the defense minister. that's been criticism that the military figures retains people fairly as africa last year. nicholas has more on the events reporting from senegal capital dot com. we're hearing that the prime minister has resigned from this position even if that's the case in the government . that was just to now was hours ago that was supposed to appease the situation in molly, well that the government will, there'll be a new government that will be announced. but clearly, very volatile situation involving this is all happening in the, in this call in this tussle. of power between the military june and the civilians that were part of this transitional government or the 1000000 people themselves. us present, joe biden has thanked egypt for successful negotiation of an israel palestine ceasefire that says you a secretary of state antony blank and travels to the middle east for talks. tension is still high for days after the truth came into effect. the

according to a un statement this morning, we have as many as 10,000 people flee their homes in the north and west a couple of nights ago. but this morning, after the air strike in the north last night we saw more people fleeing with the fear of any israeli ground operation. back in 2014 in the 51 days of war, israel started with air strikes and there was an exchange of air strikes and rockets for a bit of time. then the israeli started the ground operation. this is what is making the people leave their houses. the pictures of tanks near the border. on the ground, no tanks are moving or no sign of tanks moving soon, but the people, one of the family members told me that we have to learn from the lesson of 2014 when we stayed in our homes and the homes were destroyed over our heads. so we decided to leave early to make sure we are safe and our children are safe. that is our correspondent in gaza. this is the seen live in gaza. you can see the black smoke drifting across the skyline of gaza city against the blue sky, after more violence in which there have been more israeli strikes overnight, includ

the rain not amounting to much for north west scotland.g to 50—60 mph around those english channel coasts, perhaps 70 mph gusts somewhere like the needles, the west coast of the isle of wight, and those temperatures disappointing. just 13 in london. well, it should be about 19 at this time of year. saturday, brighter, but there'll be some showers around, some of them heavy and thundery. sunday sees a return of more wet weather pushing in from the west. it will also be quite windy. so, saturday's weather first of all. might be some rain there or thereabouts in the south, certainly quite a few showers across eastern areas as we start the day. the best of any brighter weather probably developing across northern and western areas of the uk as we go through the afternoon. and those temperatures still pretty disappointing — 12 in glasgow, should be about 16 at this time of year. and sunday, bright start with some sunshine. this band of rain is going to move in from the west with strengthening winds followed by showers in northern ireland later i

just signs of that weather front coming into the far north—west later on.ratures, something we haven't seen for some time. heading into the first week ofjune, it stays very pleasant, with high pressure continuing to dominate, very warm across the south, a bit more cloud further north and west, but these temperatures are a bit closer to the seasonal average, may be a bit above, but because it has been so cool and wet, it is going to feel like a heatwave for the first week ofjune. a reminder of our top story... borisjohnson denies allegations made by his former top adviser that his handling of the pandemic led to the deaths of tens of thousands of people. that is it. now on bbc one, let'sjoin our news teams where you are. have a very good afternoon. good afternoon. it's 1:30pm and here's your latest sports news. tottenham are in talks with former manager mauricio pochettino over a sensational return to the club. he was sacked in november 2019 despite leading them to the champions league final six months earlier. jose mourinho replaced him but left following a

the north west of scotland, parts of northern ireland.it's pretty similar to sunday. plenty of sunshine, light winds and feeling warm — in fact, even warmer. we could make 211—25 degrees across the south or the south east. and it stays fine, settled and sunny, particularly for england and wales as we head through the first week ofjune. temperatures holding up at around the mid—20s celsius across the south east. this is bbc news. the headlines... china has warned the us not to politicise the issue of the origins of the covid outbreak. president biden has ordered a new intelligence probe following reports it could have emerged from a chinese laboratory. but, beijing says any suggestion of a lab leak is a "conspiracy". the un civil aviation agency says it will investigate belarus's diversion of a ryanair plane and the arrest of an opposition journalist on board. it's been revealed russia has denied entry to flights by two european airlines because they planned to avoid belarusian airspace. doctors groups injapan have said that the olympics s

the north west of scotland, parts of northern ireland.tty similar to sunday. plenty of sunshine, light winds and feeling warm, in fact, even warmer — we could make 2a—25 degrees across the south or the south east. and it stays fine, settled and sunny, particularly for england and wales as we head through the first week ofjune. temperatures holding up at around the mid—20s celsius across the south east. this is bbc news. the headlines: china has reacted angrily after president biden ordered a fresh inquiry into the origins of the covid outbreak. suggestions that the pandemic began as a result of a leak from a chinese laboratory are persisting — beijing says us intelligence has a dark history of spreading misinformation. belarus's diversion of a passenger plane and the arrest of an opposition journalist on board is to be investigated by the un civil aviation agency. the forced landing of the plane and the detention of roman protasevich has caused international outrage. his mother is asking for international help to release him. the united n

the north west of scotland, parts of northern ireland.to sunday. plenty of sunshine, light winds and feeling warm, in fact, even warmer — we could make 2a—25 degrees across the south or the south east. and it stays fine, settled and sunny, particularly for england and wales as we head through the first week ofjune. temperatures holding up at around the mid—20s celsius across the south east. this is bbc news, the headlines: china has reacted angrily after president biden ordered a fresh inquiry into the origins of the covid outbreak. suggestions that the pandemic began as a result of a leak from a chinese laboratory are persisting — beijing says us intelligence has a dark history of spreading misinformation. china has reacted angrily after president biden ordered a fresh inquiry into the origins of the covid outbreak. he has also said he will release the report and its detailed findings publicly in due course. now on bbc news, hardtalk.

we are seeing particularly increases in different geographic areas, such as the north west, but manyif you've got a mask, please put it on. not far from bolton, manchester united fans headed to watch the home game this evening, the first with spectators for months. with some coming from across the north west of england, officials will keep a close eye on the impact of this and other lockdown easing measures. hugh pym, bbc news. the murder of george floyd by a police officer in the us state of minnesota a year ago sparked global protests and reignited attention on racial equity and justice. here in the uk there were more than 200 demonstrations. our correspondent adina campbell reports now on why george floyd's death resonated with so many people. chanting. everyone here today can make a difference. whether you have privilege or whether you don't. leamington spa. worlds apart from where george floyd was murdered in minneapolis. i thought 20 people were going to show up, never 700. but last summer, people in this leafy warwickshire town came together, calling for change. because it's o

wet and windy weather arrives through northern ireland, gradually moving into southern scotland, north—westnd and wales, perhaps staying showery in the far north, and south—east england should stay dry until the end of the afternoon. top temperatures 7—12 celsius. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... a change in guidance on care homes — from tuesday, residents in england will be able to visit relatives without having to self—isolate when they return. india becomes the first country to record 400,00 coronavirus to record 400,000 coronavirus infections in a single day. five people are arrested on suspicion of terror offences, including a 16—year—old boy, as police target three locations across the uk. new research finds that around 1,000 rivers are the source of the majority of plastic waste in the ocean. and there's a warning that most of the uk's summer music festivals could be called off because they can't get covid cancellation insurance. now it's time for click. this week: how to uncover deadly secrets online. the secret codes attracting more women into cybersecurity. and — tenet, t

the north west of scotland, parts of northern ireland. and wales, it's pretty similar to sunday. plenty of sunshine, light winds and feeling warm — in fact, even warmer. we could make 211—25 degrees across the south or the south east. and it stays fine, settled and sunny, particularly for england and wales as we head through the first week ofjune. temperatures holding up at around the mid—20s celsius across the south east. a the latest china warns the us as president biden orders a fresh inquiry into the origins of covid, and suggestions of a chinese laboratory leak persist. the arrest of a belarusian journalist whose flight was diverted, as a un agency investigates, his mother asks for international help. i beg you, i ask you for help. i call upon you to save roman, save my son. has the recent fighting between israel and hamas revealed faultlines in america's relationship with its main regional ally? and shedding light on dark matter — scientists map out the most enigmatic substance in the universe.

and a weather front close to north west scotland will bring cloud and some outbreaks of rain.howers as the system moves its way in. similar sorts of temperatures on tuesday. and for wednesday and thursday, sunshine and showers. it's not going to be as breezy. and then by friday, it becomes mainly dry with a fair amount of cloud out there. and with the air coming down from the north—east, it will turn a bit cooler, but not particularly cold, mind you. so, that's how the week is shaping up. it is sunshine, showers — some of those are going to be quite heavy — and not as cold as it was last week, and mainly frost—free. i don't know whether we're done with frost at the moment, but it's certainly not around this week. welcome to bbc news — i'm david eades. our top stories: a third night of tension injerusalem as unrest simmers over the possible eviction of palestinian families. funerals take place in afghanistan for more than 60 people — mainly young girls — killed in a militant attack outside a school. mass rescue in the med — more than a thousand migrants, in a single day, land o

there is we go into thursday, it does move its way to the north west. it is going to we can, but where the winds do die down that rain is going to persist. and we'd like to see quite a lot of flooding. that's in contrast to northern areas of india, which we had hot and dry conditions here as similar story to northern pakistan, temperature is edging up here for the west or whether it's the south western coast of india that seeing those monsoon rains also impacting the moldings. we're having downpours there, as well as in sure lanka we could see more flooding here. we have had a lot of rain and another area where we could see potential flooding is indo china . we've seen quite a lot of rain across vietnam and cambodia and we could see some flooding where those rains are heaviest. sponsored cut on airways. the roper hotel is the hotels that i've ever stated and the biggest box you have ever seen. how did explode or taken up the hotel? this was the journey we loved it when it was built and read. even when it was a major town in the conflict in northern irel

we are seeing particularly increases in different geographic areas, such as the north west, but manying cases as the variant spreads. if you've got a mask, please put it on. not far from bolton, manchester united fans headed to watch the home game this evening, the first with spectators for months. with some coming from across the north west of england, officials will keep a close eye on the impact of this and other lockdown easing measures. hugh pym, bbc news. kenya has warned it could run out of coronavirus vaccines as early as next week. it has received fewer than a million doses so far from the covax programme for a population of 50 million. the international covax scheme was set up last year to try to ensure fair access to vaccines among rich and poor nations. but so far, the scheme is falling short of its own targets. covax aimed to deliver 237 million vaccine doses by the end of may. as of today, only 60 million doses have been shipped to poorer nations. that's partly because of the crisis in india. the serum institute of india is the largest single supplier to the covax schem

the rain not amounting to much for north west scotland. very strong, gusting to 50—60 mph around those english channel coasts, perhaps 70 mph gusts somewhere like the needles, the west coast of the isle of wight, and those temperatures disappointing. just 13 in london. well, it should be about 19 at this time of year. saturday, brighter, but there'll be some showers around, some of them heavy and thundery. sunday sees a return of more wet weather pushing in from the west. it will also be quite windy. so, saturday's weather first of all. might be some rain there or thereabouts in the south, certainly quite a few showers across eastern areas as we start the day. the best of any brighter weather probably developing across northern and western areas of the uk as we go through the afternoon. and those temperatures still pretty disappointing — 12 in glasgow, should be about 16 at this time of year. and sunday, bright start with some sunshine. this band of rain is going to move in from the west with strengthening winds followed by showers in nort

most of the cases are in the north west of england and some in london. anxious about the rise in cases and says the government is ruling nothing out in tackling the situation. here's our correspondent dominic hughes. all right, sharp scratch. surge testing, and now an extra push on vaccinations is under way in bolton. this is a part of town that has seen a spike in infections. 553 new cases in a week, more than doubling the infection rate. we're doing just over 300 vaccines a day. the concerns are around the unknowns — how many cases are linked to the variant that originated in india, and how far has it spread? the variant from india seemed to appear around the time that our rates started to rise. what we haven't really got the full detail on is to what extent the rise is down to that — that's why we are doing all the surge testing in part. we have lots of sites across bolton that allow people without symptoms to be tested, and we really need them to do that, because we need to get right down to the detail of what variants are in our community. next week

and a weather front close to north west scotland will bring cloud and some outbreak of rain. of temperatures on tuesday. and for wednesday and thursday, sunshine and showers. it's not going to be as breezy. and then by friday, it becomes mainly dry with a fair amount of cloud out there. and with the air coming down from the north—east, it will turn a bit cooler, but not particularly cold, mind you. so, that's how the week is shaping up. it is sunshine, showers — some of those are going to be quite heavy — and not as cold as it was last week, and mainly frost—free. i don't know whether we're done with frost at the moment, but it's certainly not around this week. this is bbc news. i'm geeta guru—murthy with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a third night of tension injerusalem, as unrest simmers over the possible eviction of palestinian families. funerals take place in afghanistan for more than 60 people — mainly young girls — killed in a militant attack outside a school. britain's opposition labour party reshuffles its top team. leader keir starm

wet and windy weather arrives through northern ireland, gradually moving into southern scotland, north—westry in the far north of scotland, and south—east england should stay dry until the end of the afternoon. top temperatures 7—12 celsius. this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 7:00pm. an end to care home isolation — residents in england will soon be able to take low—risk trips without having to self—isolate. the difference in my mother is remarkable and it has been commented on. the light is back in her eyes. india records 400,000 coronavirus cases in a single day — as oxygen supplies in one hospital run out. people from a south asian background were at a greater risk of hospitalisation and death in the second wave of covid, according to a new study. five people including a 16 —year—old boy, are arrested on terrorism offences in west yorkshire, wiltshire and north wales. pulling the plug. summerfestivals are being called off because they can't get covid cancellation insurance.