storm ciaran brings a zone of violent wind and behind the cold front is across north—west france intoands. across the south of england the wind will really start to get going overnight tonight with the isles of scilly and cornwall and kent. the strong winds are really limited to parts of the south—west and south—east and especially the channel islands and north west france where the wind will be violent with very significant damage. will be violent with very siunificant damaue. , ._ , significant damage. some tense days ahead for residents _ significant damage. some tense days ahead for residents and _ significant damage. some tense days ahead for residents and different - ahead for residents and different parts of the uk. let's get some of the day's other news now. tens of thousands of children in the west of scotland are off school today because of a strike by support staff. non—teaching staff — including caterers and cleaners — are walking out across glasgow, renfrewshire, east renfrewshire and inverclyde, in a dispute over pay. local authorities say they can't afford higher wages.

north and west. storm ciaran bringing some violent gusts of wind, the strongest of which bringing some severe damage to parts of the channel islands and also north—west france we understand that serious cases in this icu, ambulances arrived here and the process seems to be working so far. translation: everything should be open for everything in gaza. - food, supplies and fuel. we have almost 20,000 people who are severely injured and need to travel abroad for treatment. translation: they will not break our spirit. - you are never allowed to believe in these monsters. you should never fall into their traps of a psychological war. translation: we retaliated, shot back, eliminated - those terrorists and we will continue doing so against any terrorist cell that tries to attack any of the borders of israel. the most severly wounded palestinians and some foreign nationals have been allowed to leave gaza today through the rafah crossing, the first time it has opened to people since the israel—gaza war began in early october. we will get reaction tonight from msf, whose doctors are working both inside gaza and on the outside, in egypt.

but in north—west france they could have winds of up to over 100 miles an hour, that could rip roofs buildings leading to structural damage. but not so far away the wind will be more typical for not so far away the wind will be more typicalfor some of not so far away the wind will be more typical for some of you, the kind of when we get quite often in the autumn and winter season. so the storm bringing a big variation in wind speed. today sunshine and showers, some rain for northern ireland again which could cause further issues and some rain for the north of scotland. 0vernight tonight storm ciaran arrives, a swathe of incredibly damaging wind working across north—west france and the channel islands behind this cold front. we could get gusts of up to 100 miles an hour ripping some roofs of buildings and widespread trees being blown down so expect some severe disruption to transport and power supplies across this part of the world. at the same time overnight into thursday some strong wind in the south west of england and then later in the day across parts of kent and sussex. meanwhil

north and west. storm ciaran bringing some violent gusts of wind, the strongest of which bringing some severe damage to parts of the channel islands and also north—west franceatching the context on bbc news. 76 injured palestinians and 320 foreign passport holders have crossed into egypt from gaza, the first people to leave

north and west. storm ciaran bringing some violent gusts of wind, the strongest of which bringing some severe damage to parts of the channel islands and also north—west franceis icu, ambulances arrived here and the process seems to be working so far. translation: this crossing should be open for everything in gaza. _ food, supplies and fuel. we have almost 20,000 people who are severely injured and need to travel abroad for treatment. the american citizens were able to exit today— the american citizens were able to exit today as — the american citizens were able to exit today as part _ the american citizens were able to exit today as part of— the american citizens were able to exit today as part of the _ the american citizens were able to exit today as part of the 1000 - the american citizens were able to exit today as part of the 1000 that| exit today as part of the 1000 that will exit _ exit today as part of the 1000 that will exit in — exit today as part of the 1000 that will exit in the _ exit today as part of the 1000 that will exit in the coming _ exit today as part of the 1000 that will exit in the coming days. - translation: they will not break our

north and west. storm ciaran bringing some violent gusts of wind, the strongest of which bringing some severe damage to parts of the channel islands and also north—west franceign nationals including some britons. mourning the dead in israel — a funeral for a soldier killed in ground fighting in gaza, one of 15 the military says have died in the last day. also tonight, a severe storm is crossing the english channel bringing heavy rain and winds that could hit up to 90 miles an hour. this is penzance in cornwall tonight as storm ciaran approaches. large parts of southern england will be hit — there are warnings of severe disruption tomorrow. yes, here in the channel islands the winds are already getting stronger this evening and are expected to peak in the early hours of tomorrow morning at as much as 100 mph. people are braced for damage and potential destruction. life during lockdown — a former top civil servant tells the covid inquiry no covid rules were followed in downing street. and the world's richest man elon musk on the dangers of artificial intelligence.

north and west. storm ciaran bringing some violent gusts of wind, the strongest of which bringing some severe damage to parts of the channel islands and also north—west france amber warnings for much of southern england and wales, north—east england and eastern scotland. welcome back. yesterday at the covid inquiry we got the fireworks many had expected from former senior adviser dominic cummings, but the testimony today, of the quietly—spoken helen macnamara was pehaps more explosive. she was deputy cabinet secretary during the pandemic. she told the inquiry that downing street had displayed an "unbelievably bullish" and dismissive approach to coronavirus at the start of the pandemic. i would find it hard to pick one day when the regulations were followed properly inside that building. and i know that because, as i've said in my statement, there was one meeting where we absolutely adhered to the guidance to the letter and that was the cabinet meeting and everybody moaned about it. moaned and tried to change it repeatedly. yesterday the hearing was shown misogynistic messages that dominic cummings had written about helen macnamara on whatsapp.

but the strongest winds will be heading across the north—west of france and the channel islands.g enough to rip roofs off buildings, whereas across parts of southern england, the winds are going to be kind of the strength you're going to see lots of times this autumn and winter season. so there'll be a large variance in the winds from place to place, even over a relatively short distance. today, while broadly speaking, it's a day of sunny spells and showers, the quiet before the storm. we do have some longer spells of rain in northern scotland where it continues to be quite cold. so overnight that storm ciaran, moves in, and the fierce, violent winds come behind this cold front in a conveyor belt of damaging winds that transfers across the north—west of france to the channel islands with winds gusting over 100 miles an hour in places. roofs get ripped off buildings for one or two places. lots of trees being brought down. so i'm expecting some severe transport disruption and disruption to power supplies as well. now, the winds could also bring impacts to devon and cornwall. and as

this system has been over north—west france bringing gale force winds and the transport minister therevehicle. aruna iyengar has the latest. waves crashing over the sea wall in devon. a car is washed into the sea. this is penzance in cornwall. and there is heavy rainfall and flooding across the country. areas of northern ireland have been flooded. this is the scene in newry. storm ciaran is unleashing its power across the country. hampshire county council has declared a major incident for residents in hampshire and the isle of wight. many schools are putting safety first and will be shut in hampshire, southampton and devon. amber wind warnings, the second—highest level of alert, are in place for parts of the south coast. gusts are expected to reach 70 to 80 mph in the south, and 20 to 30 millimetres of rain is expected to fall today. a lot of trees injersey, some of them will probably fall down. slates and things flying about and causing damage. the storm struck the channel islands last night. jersey and guernsey have seen some of their worst storm conditions in decades. so there has b

but the strongest winds will be heading across the north—west of france and the channel islands.oing to see lots of times this autumn and winter season. so there'll be a large variance in the winds from place to place, even over a relatively short distance. today, while broadly speaking, it's a day of sunny spells and showers, the quiet before the storm. we do have some longer spells of rain in northern scotland where it continues to be quite cold. so overnight that storm ciaran, moves in, and the fierce, violent winds come behind this cold front in a conveyor belt of damaging winds that transfers across the north—west of france to the channel islands with winds gusting over 100 miles an hour in places. roofs get ripped off buildings for one or two places. lots of trees being brought down. so i'm expecting some severe transport disruption and disruption to power supplies as well. now, the winds could also bring impacts to devon and cornwall. and as we go through the day, the winds will tend to pick up once again into parts of kent and sussex. ferries are likely to be affected wit

the system has already been over north—west france, bringing gale force winds.he company's transport minister says a lorry driver was killed when a tree fell on his vehicle, and our reporter has the very latest from there. waves crashing over the sea wall in devon. a car is washed into the sea. this is penzance in cornwall. and there is heavy rainfall and flooding across the country. areas of northern ireland have been flooded. this is the scene in. newry. many schools are putting safety first and will be shut in southampton, hampshire and devon. amber wind warnings, the second highest level of alert, are in place for parts of the south coast. gusts are expected to reach 70—80 mph in the south, and 20-30 to reach 70—80 mph in the south, and 20—30 millimetres of rain is expected to fall today. 20-30 millimetres of rain is expected to fall today. there are a lot of trees — expected to fall today. there are a lot of trees in _ expected to fall today. there are a lot of trees in jersey _ expected to fall today. there are a lot of trees in jersey along - expected to

but the strongest winds will be heading across the north—west of france and the channel islands., strong enough to rip roofs off buildings, whereas across parts of southern england, the winds are going to be kind of the strength you're going to see lots of times this autumn and winter season. so there'll be a large variance in the winds from place to place, even over a relatively short distance. today, while broadly speaking, it's a day of sunny spells and showers, the quiet before the storm. we do have some longer spells of rain in northern scotland where it continues to be quite cold. so overnight that storm ciaran, moves in, and the fierce, violent winds come behind this cold front in a conveyor belt of damaging we will see strong winds working into kent. close to the centre of the low pressure, actually it wouldn't be unusually windy. gusts of around 40 or 50 miles an hour. heading into friday, as our area of low pressure works into the north sea, it is weakening at this stage. we are concerned about heavy rain. eastern scotland, down into parts of eastern england, the rain f

bringing violent wind gusts across the channel _ violent wind gusts across the channel islands, north—west franceersey airport and st mary's and the isles of— jersey airport and st mary's and the isles of scilly, gusts of 55 and plymouth is 54 in the west but as we push to— plymouth is 54 in the west but as we push to the _ plymouth is 54 in the west but as we push to the east, manston with a .ust push to the east, manston with a gust of— push to the east, manston with a gust of 50 — push to the east, manston with a gust of 50 mph, so this is ahead of the centre — gust of 50 mph, so this is ahead of the centre of the low pressure of the centre of the low pressure of the storm — the centre of the low pressure of the storm coming your way, but in the storm coming your way, but in the centre — the storm coming your way, but in the centre of the wind speed in southampton is only 12 mph. that will go _ southampton is only 12 mph. that will go up — southampton is only 12 mph. that will go up as the storm pushes along and the _ will go up as the storm pushes along and the isobars tighten, but we do have

the result of kind of pushing against those boats, trying to take off from the beaches of north—west and francers this year as we did last yeah numbers this year as we did last year. but as i say, i go back to this point, it's still significant, close to 28,000 across since the 1st of january. >> thank you very much indeed. mark white, our homeland security editor there in dover. now, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has admitted that israel has not been successful in minimising civilian casualties in gaza , but civilian casualties in gaza, but he laid the blame squarely at the door of hamas. he said the terror group clearly didn't give a hoot about the palestinian earns as it is using them as human shields he human shields, he said. meanwhile, secretary of state meanwhile, us secretary of state antony has reiterated antony blinken has reiterated america's stance that gaza cannot be reoccupied by israel. at the end of the conflict as israel troops claim to have found a tunnel shaft used by hamas terrorists at gaza's al—shifa hospital, which has been subject to an idf military operation

still fighting going on in a different france in gaza, _ going on in a different france in gaza, especially in the north—westnd gaza city is tightening. i was talking to a father— city is tightening. i was talking to a father of— city is tightening. i was talking to a father of people there, communication is very hard but from time to— communication is very hard but from time to time — communication is very hard but from time to time we catch someone there. he said _ time to time we catch someone there. he said i_ time to time we catch someone there. he said i have no food, i have no money— he said i have no food, i have no money and — he said i have no food, i have no money and i_ he said i have no food, i have no money and i have no water. there is no clean _ money and i have no water. there is no clean water because all of the aid that— no clean water because all of the aid that is— no clean water because all of the aid that is coming from egypt, which is very— aid that is coming from egypt, which is very little — aid that is coming from egypt, which is very little according to the un, is very little acco

britain. would be greatly improved if a front were created against hitler, to the west in northern france and to the northen a second front. all promises to engage in battle with hitler in 1942 and 1943 were not fulfilled. washington london waited, were we are confident that moscow will lose the war. in forty -three everything changed. the ussr had already won in stalingrad and crushed the germans at the kursk bulge. the army then... gained such power that we, of course, would have won, but with greater, i would say, even greater casualties, the allies realized that if the soviet red army continued the offensive, with the same scope and success, our allies simply won’t have time to share the pie; in tehran, us president roosevelt had nothing against the sword from king george. this sword was forged by english craftsmen and rewarded with a hero battle of stalingrad. and so he handed over this sword, but did not want to open the fronts. and stalin then stood up and said to clement, let’s go, if this doesn’t happen, why are we sitting here? leader played a key role. besides, he had a trump card. at this time

have been greatly improved if a front had been established against hitler, to the west in northern france and to the northrty-two and forty-third. were not fulfilled. washington london waited, they were sure that moscow would lose the war. in forty -three everything changed. the ussr had already won in stalingrad and crushed the germans at the kursk bulge. our army then gained such power that we, of course, would have won, but with great, i would say, even greater casualties. the allies realized that if the soviet red army continued to advance. with the same scope and success, our allies simply will not have time to share the pie. in tehran, us president rooselt had nothing against invasion of normandy, which was championed by the soviet union. but prime minister churchill was against it, even at that moment, when he handed stalin a sword from king george. this sword was forged by english craftsmen. gift awarded to the hero of the battle of stalingrad. so he handed over this revenge, but did not want to open fronts, and stalin then stood up and said to kliment varashov, let’s go, if this doesn’t happen, w

france so still in the showering airstream. places could be dry with the show is more likely in the west with a few coming north wales. .e week that we see our first spell of rain and you can see we have low pressure quite a long way for the uk pushing away. rain over the uk pushing away. rain over the higher ground. some rain nevertheless pushing its way east followed by showers as well. so this is probably quite an unsettled day on wednesday with rain from time to time and somewhat stronger winds although not desperately strong because the area of low pressure is still far enough away. 0nce pressure is still far enough away. once the weather front moves through, sherry airstream and this is a picture on thursday. probably more showers around because the low is getting closer. some of the showers will be heavy with hail and thunder. most of them in the west and south. stronger winds again blowing through the english channel. as we head towards the end of next week and into the weekend, that area of low pressure is going to move away, take away a lot of the showers and things may come down for a time but this is where s

whether in germany or or france, and maybe you know we'll come here, however, the public reaction to those hypocracy and to the official positions of the government. the west and north where are you know the woman organization, the feminism organizations when we have hundreds if not thousands of palestinian women giving birth in jail, giving birth in jail, you know, jails i mean cross across palestine, occupied palestine, 500 women, we understand are very close to giving birth in in current circumstances, um, let me move to uh dismon james and you know we heard what ali had to say, but ireland has behaved very differently uh compared to its western neighbors, to our viewers the may not know the history, how do you explain that different approach? well, you simply look at her real history in ireland, which has been full of genocide and massacres since 1182 when the when the first english armies are. so we have had over a thousand years of occupation with various wars, various genocide, in 1840s, the potato family is the official version, but that there that there was a famon that was engineered by the british government, so it's a lot of destruction that's gone on an

whether in germany or or france, and maybe you know we'll come here, however, the public reaction to those hypocracy and to the official positions of the government of the west and norththe woman organization the feminism organizations when we have hundreds if not thousands of palestinian woman giving birth in jail, giving birth in jail, you know, jails i mean cross, cross palestine occupied palestine, 500, we understand are very close to uh giving birth in in current circumstances. um, let me move to uh disbon james and you know, we heard what ali had to say, but ireland has behaved very differently. uh compared to its western neighbors, to our viewers the may not know the history, how do you explain that different approach? well, you simply look at her real history in ireland, which has been full of genocide and massacres since 1182, when the when the first english armies arrived there in in wexford under henry ii, so we have had over a thousand years of occupation with various. various genocide, in 1840s, the potato family is the official version, but that there that there was a famine that was engineered by the british government, so it's a lot of destruction that

france, very had indeed. and friday, a lot quieter. good sunny spells and further showers. winds cost we saw earlier on, there were reports of winds around 100 mph injersey, it was north—westrittany that saw the strongest, in excess of 150 mph. store ciaran continues to move into the north sea taking the strong winds with it. filling the isobars, so the winds continue to ease. it remains a blustery evening and night across much of the uk, with outbreaks of rain across eastern, northern and eastern scotland, parts of eastern england continuing. elsewhere, skies will clear and we will see one or two showers, it will be a chilly night for many, five to 8 degrees, chillier spots in sheltered glens of scotland and northern ireland. into friday, much better day, more sunshine across the board, particularly in england and wales. but with the remnants of ciaran in the north sea, we see showers and longer spells of rain in north and eastern scotland and remains blustery, winds from the north and north—west. a chilly day, 11 to 13 degrees and factor in the wind, a cooler. another area of low pressure is moving across the southern half across saturday, it does move out quite quickly.

france, very bad indeed. and friday, a lot quieter. good sunny spells and further showers. winds cost we saw earlier on, there were reports of winds around 100 mph injersey, it was north—west the winds continue to ease. it remains a blustery evening and night across much of the uk, with outbreaks of rain across eastern, northern and eastern scotland, parts of eastern england continuing. elsewhere, skies will clear and we will see one or two showers, it will be a chilly night for many, five to 8 degrees, chillier spots in sheltered glens of scotland and northern ireland. into friday, much better day, more sunshine across the board,

france, gusts to 85 mph. some transport disruption and also power cuts likely here. all the while, 15 metres high waves, battering the coastline of portugal and north—west spain.ts of northern england and something drier across the west. temperatures 3-7 drier across the west. temperatures 3—7 as we head into the first part of sunday morning. a cold start to the day. through sunday morning, further showers across eastern scotland and england, otherwise a fine and dry start. into the afternoon, showers build particularly in western areas. with the wind from west, north—westerly direction, that is crucial for those in southern england affected by heavy showers and flooding. the wind should push the showers offshore and it should be a dry day on the far south. hunt those celebrating bonfire night, showers in western areas. some clear spells and you need to wrap up warm, it will be cold. monday, showers and longer spells of rain here. some showers elsewhere in england and wales. moving through fairly promptly given the brisk wind. temperatures a little below average. deeper into the new week, we replace sunshine and showers with more general outbreaks of rain as w

clutch of france come from the far west bringing rain and strong — the far west bringing rain and strong winds. we think they will be pushing _ strong winds. we think they will be pushing norththese are the temperatures, between eight and 14 degrees. seems re between eight and 14 degrees. seems pretty typical — between eight and 14 degrees. seems pretty typical for _ between eight and 14 degrees. seems pretty typical for this _ between eight and 14 degrees. seems pretty typical for this time _ between eight and 14 degrees. seems pretty typical for this time of - pretty typical for this time of year. are they?— pretty typical for this time of year. are they? more or less. a cooler period — year. are they? more or less. a cooler period in _ year. are they? more or less. a cooler period in the _ year. are they? more or less. a cooler period in the next i year. are they? more or less. a cooler period in the next few i year. are they? more or less. a i cooler period in the next few days but then _ cooler period in the next few days but then it — cooler period in the next few days but then it turns a bit mild again and next — but then it turns a bit mild again and next week is loo

france. a widespread frost. some of the coldest conditions tonight, south—west scotland and north—west england.d more than twice the number of victims already this year, compared to last. ben's been taking a look at this and he's here to tell us more. we're not talking about borrowing to splash out on a big purchase — this is people borrowing money to pay for everyday essentials. cost of living pressures are pushing more people to borrow small amounts of money from loan sharks for basic items. and it's not necessarily those with bad credit who are turning to this type of borrowing. over the last year, the england illegal money lending team, which investigates loan sharks, helped 1,000 people. and a third of those had never been turned down for loans from registered lenders. so, why did they turn to loan sharks? well it's often easier and quicker. and since the rules for high—interest lenders were tightened up, the likes of wonga and quickquid went out of business. the result... more people turning to illegal loan sharks instead. the england illegal money lending team also told us that in the fi

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impact across france in terms of snowfall but we could see some rain, sleet and snow in the south—west and a few wintry showers towards the far south—east. elsewhere wintry showers further north weather working its way through the mediterranean. most of europe for the end of the week will stay with temperatures below average, into the weekend and beyond. temperatures into single figures, made at the highest. some sunshine but there will be rain, sleet and snow at times, more particularly for sunday. other than that it particularly for sunday. other than thatitis particularly for sunday. other than that it is cold and staying cold. cancer affects all of us, but now a major charity claims 20,000 lives in the uk could be saved every year, if the government adopts a new plan for tackling the disease. cancer research uk has launched a manifesto calling for quicker diagnosis and treatment, as well as the recruitment of thousands more staff. our health reporter michelle roberts has more. when kelly harrop started feeling ill eight years ago, lung cancer never crossed her mind. she was 40, which is young for it, and had never smoked. and she was fit and active, working as a stable ha