northern england, southern scotland and northern ireland.eas of england and wales dry, sunny and warm once again. this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at midday. the main group opposing the relaxation of ireland's strict abortion law concedes that it's lost the referendum by an overwhelming margin. women should have the choice for a safe abortion, simple as that. i don't think we should have to be looked upon that the only reason you can have an abortion with any light on it is if we are attacked. this is a referendum on the right to life. we all have a right to life. nobody would vote away somebody else's right to live. "an utter failure" — mps say measures supposed to protect afg ha n interpreters who assisted british troops have failed to help any of them relocate to britain the owners of high street chain boots are accused of over—charging the nhs and exploiting patients by selling medicines at inflated prices. five weeks after disruptions were first reported, some tsb customers are still having problems making payments online.

and also, what does the northern ireland and the people of northern ireland and the people of northern their politicians, what sort of relationship are they going to have an opposed exit world with the politicians at the south and indeed with those of westminster? interesting to note the british prime minister, she was one of the first people to call the tee shot, thatis first people to call the tee shot, that is the irish prime ministers of the override code, these are his offices behind me to congratulate him because he was somebody who was such an advocate for the yes campaign. —— taoiseach. he thought it was time for this society to have more liberal abortion laws. others within mrs may's party feel that she should jump on this moment and try and push to similar legislation in northern ireland. thank you very much indeed for your analysis of the situation in both south and north at the moment. that is going to run, thatis the moment. that is going to run, that is for sure. italy is once again in political turmoil, after the man chosen to be prime minister by the two main anti—estab

the government and the prime minister are clear this is an issue for northern ireland and northern irelandand it is not for politicians here in westminster to be dictating policy in northern ireland. they say their focus is on getting the stormont executive backed up and running, but having said that they are are clearly a lot of mps here in westminster who feel passionately that women in northern ireland should have the same rights and the same choices as those in the rest of the uk. and after that historic vote yesterday, i think there will be pressure on parliament here in westminster to listen to those voices, to listen to people who want change in northern ireland, but at the moment there is not a cross party consensus on the right way to get that change. and i think until there is agreement, i think theresa may can avoid having to make a decision about how she's going to handle all this, because when that time comes it's going to be extremely tricky. remember the dup, she's in an alliance with them here in westminster, they are a socially conservative party and they don't wa nt to co

northern ireland, the 1967 abortion act does not apply in northern ireland, as you know, so people who to use the horrible expression, in northern ireland, will come to england orwales, and... or could now conceivably go to the republic of ireland. just as it was after the people of the republic of ireland, to decide what their stance is on abortion, we must all look at this and think it must be up to the people of northern ireland. problem is northern ireland does not have a legislative body at the moment. but in the end, it should be up to them. yes, oh yes, it would have to be, and it would be even more hard fought in northern ireland by people who are deeply religious and conservative. and that is their right to do so. but as you say, at the moment, there is no government in northern ireland. jeremy corbyn, the leader of the labour opposition, was on a visit to northern ireland this week and he sparked a fair degree of controversy with his remarks. he has always been open about being a supporter of the idea of a united ireland. it is supposed to be by consent, that's in the good fr

well unfortunately we haven't had a government in terms of a northerner in the seventy four seventeen months night and so we have to legislate it at the one nine hundred sixty seven abortion act has never been implemented in northern ireland even though where citizens of the united kingdom so we are asking our night to legislate and our human rights are not a devolved matter to the northern ireland assembly even if it came back tomorrow so it's under u.k. legislation really doubt deliver human rights for women in northern ireland and this time we have a right it's hundred plus women who travel from northern ireland to be on to access abortions and that's ok if you're in able to travel but there are so many women who can't so if you're an undocumented migrant if you have a disability if you're in a course of controlled relationship if you don't have a passport or other documents if you're under sixteen for example so a lot of people can travel a lot of people haven't been northern ireland never mind travel in a strange country to access their reproductive health care and also we have a

matterfor northern ireland, a downing street has indicated it's a matter for northern ireland, a start i could buy arlene foster, the leader of the dup which is a pro—life party. from amnesty international and northern ireland shares of the license or government should not push for reform north of the border. all eyes are now on the uk government. they need to decide if they are going to remain complicit in the harm and suffering of women living under these restrictive abortion laws, or is like politicians in the republic of ireland they are going to stand with and stand up for women in northern ireland and urgently legislate for much needed and long overdue reform. us officials have reportedly travelled to north korea for talks on the possible summit between president trump and kim jong—un despite the event remaining officially cancelled. the news comes after a surprise meeting of the leaders of north and south korea yesterday. president trump had suggested the summit could still go ahead whilst north korean officials have said it is kimjong—un‘s ahead whilst north korean officials ha

we welcome the fa ct northern ireland. conservative party are coming forward and beating out the need for change, for women in northern ireland. —— speaking out for the need for change. that is not it with their control. they have the power to bring about the change that is needed, and we would urge them to do so. thank you very much field and today. thank you. music lovers across the uk have been treated to a second day of headline acts as part of the bbc‘s biggest weekend which by its close will see more than 100 artists perform in england, scotland, wales and northern ireland over four days. saturday saw stars including ed sheeran, franz ferdinand and noel gallagher take to the stage. # i'm in love with the shape of you # we push and pull like a magnet, too # although my heart is thrown into # # i say, don't you know # you say # i say, take me out # one i love # i ain't found nothing like this # like this # i ain't found nothing like this # i ain't found nothing like this # every time you hurt me, the less that i cry #

earlier i spoke to grainne teggart — from amnesty international in northern ireland.hat it's important that no woman on the island of ireland is left behind. all eyes are now on the uk government. they need to decide if they are going to remain complicit in the harm and suffering of women living under these restrictive abortion laws, or if like politicians in the republic of ireland, they are going to stand with and stand up for women in northern ireland and urgently legislate a much—needed and long overdue reform. the dup has already said that northern ireland must not be forced into doing something just because of what has happened in the south. this is a devolved issue, how can you ask westminster to intervene? well, the dup are wrong. they are out of step with their own electorate, on that. amnesty polls and other opinion polls have clearly shown that the majority of people in northern ireland favour reform, which includes the decriminalisation of abortion. health and justice are indeed devolved matters, but we haven't had a devolved government for 16 months, and

calls for change in northern ireland, after the republic overturns the ban on abortion.alvaging the summit: us and north korean officials try to get president trump and kimjong—un‘s historic meeting back on track. and decoding dolphins: we find out what makes the marine world's most charismatic mammals click. hello. an attempt to form a new government in italy has ended in failure. the man named as prime minister on wednesday, giuseppe conte, said he'd handed back the mandate during a meeting with the country's president. he made the decision after the president blocked the appointment of a finance minister who's questioned whether italy should keep the euro as its currency. james reynolds has the latest from rome. italy's president has begun a dramatic stand—off with the country's populist parties, five star and the right—wing league. the head of state vetoed the government lineup suggested by giuseppe conte. the law professor put forward by the populists as prime minister. translation: as you already know, i've declined the mandate that i've been given by president mat

northern ireland's largest party, the dup, remain opposed to a change in the law in northern ireland.nly have an abortion if there is a series or permanent risk to permanent mental oi’ permanent risk to permanent mental or physical health, so more restrictive than the rest of the uk although women can travel to have abortions in england, scotland and wales and many do. but the wider political picture, in northern ireland, what is interesting is none of the five main parties are in favour of extending the law in the rest of the uk to northern ireland. you have a range of political opinions. the dup very strongly against the law, the second biggest party, sinn fein, their position does not go far as the irish government in dublin, they plan to parsley gust —— legislation to legalise terminals until one nation/ legislation for terminations but they may relax their position further at their annual conference ina further at their annual conference in a couple weeks. the fact there is growing pressure on the westminster government to legislate to relax the abortion laws in northern ireland,

the downing street, we understand, see this as an issue for northern ireland.he government very keen to avoid any impression of direct rule. they want to be seen to be trying to get the stormont executive up and running, not superseding it. then there is theresa may's alliance with the socially conservative democratic unionist party. the prime minister is already walking a tightrope and it comes to getting her brexit legislation through condiment. i think this weekend, things got a little bit more complicated. a fresh challenge for theresa may. two young people have died afterfalling ill at a dance music festival in hampshire. an 18—year—old woman and a 20—year—old man died in separate incidents at the mutiny festival in portsmouth. organisers have cancelled today's event which was to be headlined by craig david and sean paul after warning of a "dangerous high strength or bad batch substance on site". flights at stansted airport have been seriously disrupted, following thunderstorms last night. a lightning strike disabled the aircraft fuelling system leading to

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for scotland and northern ireland, the cloud is in. us, a and northern ireland, the cloud is in. forsome of us, a bit and northern ireland, the cloud is in. for some of us, a bit of rain. i had this weather fronts, the lion's share of the sunshine, gorgeous afternoon in these midlands. high cloud spilling in. out of that cloud, further north, patchy rain for northern ireland will stop running through north—west scotland. through tonight, spread across all of northern ireland, dark blue indicating it will get heavier into north—west scotland, western isles, northern ireland. misty cloud in eastern parts of england. lowest temperatures here in single figures. chilly start tomorrow. cloud pushing back towards the north sea coast tomorrow. if mailing of some, part of history in scotland. he said temperatures cooler than it will be inland and the sunshine. rainy northern ireland, really pushing its hold on the east. still therefore north—west scotland. lighter later in the day. blue across southern parts, this is the chance for catching a s

in northern ireland abortion remains illegal in most circumstances, today sinn fein said it wanted todeliver rights' to women in the north as well as the south. at westminster too, there have been calls for the law on abortion to be the same for women across the uk. but the democratic unionists — on whom the prime minister depends for her majority — said northern ireland should not be bullied into what they called ‘abortion on demand.‘ our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. chant: we made history! this was a seismic moment, marking a shift away from the country‘s once strict conservative past. yes, yes, yes! two thirds of irish voters backed repealing the ban on abortion, and the reverberations of this decision are being felt elsewhere. this has very much been a national debate, people the length and breadth of the island have been talking about how we need to support women. our policy is the same from the north through to the bottom of ireland, we need to show care and compassion towards women. ice cream! in belfast today, a sense that the debate now moves here. northern irela

ireland and northern ireland only.cused on getting the stormont executive up and running again and they want to avoid any impression of direct rule. i think the feeling is that this is not the time for politicians here to be dictating policy there. but what is clear is that there are many westminster m ps clear is that there are many westminster mps who believe passionately that women in northern ireland should have the same rights, the same choices as women in the rest of the uk. and i think their support for that among labour mps, among liberal democrat mps, but also significantly among conservative mps and some senior conservative mps also like they're williston who is the chair of the health select committee. —— sarah. well, my view is that it's not right that women in northern ireland can't be able to access the same rights as women in the rest of the united kingdom. and if an amendment is allowed by the speaker, during the domestic violence bill that has come to parliament that put that right, i will be supportin

and the odd shower in northern ireland too. through the day. 27 is the high in the north—west islands. north—west highlands. into the night, the showers gradually fade. one or two will continue through the night and into the morning. still with the odd rumble of thunder. but low cloud then becomes the main feature in the skies above eastern scotland, central and eastern england. a grey start to bank holiday morning that will burn back to the coast. so some eastern counties will stay cloudy throughout. elsewhere, lots of sunshine to come through monday. very few showers as well. most will be dry, and in that sunshine, it will be another warm one. an electrical storm has caused serious disruption at stansted airport with flights delayed. politicians are calling for northern ireland's strict abortion was to be liberalised. 0rganisers of the dance music mutiny festival have cancelled the event after two people died there in separate incidents. the environment secretary michael gove has ordered a review of national parks in england

there is no such thing in northern ireland. it isa no such thing in northern ireland.h to circumvent the assembly‘s role may be doing so to avoid its position. the dup is a pro—life party, and it is an extremely sensitive issue, not one that should have people taking to the streets in celebration. she finishes off with a reference of the fa ct finishes off with a reference of the fact that storm and has not been sitting for many months. she says "i wa nt to sitting for many months. she says "i want to see the assembly restored. " some of those up of the same people blocking devolution are demanding that westminster change the law are simultaneously opposing direct rule. the dup's position very clear, there. that was arlene foster. let's ta ke there. that was arlene foster. let's take a look at the weather forecast. there has been a lot of talk about these thunderstorms. it has been beautiful and other areas. but southern and central areas, that thunderstorm risk will continue. the receiving, some rambling, a bit further north this time, maybe to merseyside, around the

ireland and although it is a devolved issue to northern ireland, this story as it says is that northerned to change its laws and has a far more repressive set of laws than the uk. it is not surprising that she does not want to listen to these pleas for change in northern ireland because she is propped up by the democratic unionists who are opposed to abortion, and it's a can of worms and it will be difficult to keep it off the agenda now. it is and isn't a can of worms, the numbers in northern ireland according to amnesty and 2016 suggested 72% of people in northern ireland are in favour of abortion in the case of rape, incest or fatal facial abnormalities so higher numbers than the results of the republic of ireland referendum abnormality —— faecal abnormalities. so it seems absurd, and the people in northern ireland have had to choose it because everybody who stands for election want to keep those laws, and they feel differently as the actual people that's why they say that when asked for their opinion. lot of people are talking about the great shift in the social landscape we have se

much of northern england, scotland, and for a time northern ireland dry with some sunshine and warmto europe, lots of thunderstorms across many western areas. around the coasts in the mediterranean it should be dry and sunny, and temperatures fairly comparable with what we will have here in the uk — in the low to mid 20s. let's go forward into bank holiday monday, and the focus of the showers in the uk will be a little further north — northern england, southern scotland, northern ireland, even here there will still be some dry and bright moments with some sunshine breaking through the cloud. sunniest of all will be the north—west highlands of scotland, as is the case all weekend, and feeling lovely in that sunshine. a bit more low cloud around the coast, but southern areas of england and wales will be drier, sunnier and warmer once again. women should have the choice for a safe abortion, this is bbc news. the headlines at 11. the main group opposing the relaxation of ireland's strict abortion law concedes that it's lost the referendum by an overwhelming margin. women should have the

in scotland and northern ireland, a bit rain close by. elsewhere in scotland, there is some sunshine. the chance for thunderstorm developing in parts of southern

with the odd shower in northern ireland. from love thunder overnight. low cloud becoming the main feature with skies above eastern scotland. some eastern coastal counties will see cloudy throughout. elsewhere, lots of sunshine. in the sunshine, it will feel warmer. this is bbc news. the headlines. it looks to be back on. preparations for a summit next month with north korean leader kimjong—un and president trump, are going ahead as originally planned. cancellations and delays to flights at stansted airport after a lightning strike which hit across southern england knocked out the aircraft fuelling system. senior politicians call for northern ireland's strict

downing street is clear, this is an issue for northern ireland and northern ireland only. the government is focused on getting that stormont executive back up and running and it is not for politicians here to be dictating policy there. but what is clear is there are many mps at westminster who feel passionately that women in northern ireland should have the same rights and choices as women in the rest of the uk. there would be a majority in the house of commons who would support that if and potentially when that comes to a vote, but theresa may will continue to be underan vote, but theresa may will continue to be under an enormous amount of pressure over this issue and of course she is in an extremely tricky situation because she relies on that alliance with the socially conservative dup for her majority here, and they made it clear throughout the day that in no uncertain terms do they want to see any liberalisation of abortion laws in northern ireland. two people have died and another person is in a critical condition afterfalling ill at a music festival in hampshire. the

senior politicians call for northern ireland's strict abortion laws to be relaxed as voters in the irishublic overwhelmingly back change in a referendum. the government is considering whether to expand england's network of national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty. coming up in the next hour... misery for liverpool fans. two game—changing mistakes from their goalkeeper help real madrid to win the champions league final in kiev. more big acts perform on day two of radio 1's biggest weekend in swansea. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the latest on the north korean summit, it seems to be back on. north korea's leader, kim jong—un, is committed to denuclearisation. that's the view of south korea's president who met him for the second time this month on saturday. as preparations for a summit with the united states get back on track, moonjae—in said mr kim's main concern is the stability of his government — and he's not sure that washington can guarantee it. our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes is in seoul. nothing conveys the dramatic change of mood here in korea than t

ireland can just ludicrous that the people of northern ireland canjust sit and wait it out.er 2016 which found that 72% of people in northern ireland were in favour of relaxing abortion laws except in the case of fatal beetle abnormality. they have to have their voices heard. it's crazy that people in ireland and the rest of the uk have different rights to the women of northern ireland and i don't see why they should tolerated a minute longer. when you look at the figures, it is shocking. between 2013 and 2014 only 23 abortions were deemed necessary to be carried out. i wonder. absolutely. they do have this condition in northern ireland that it's only when life is in danger that they will carry out the abortion and there was only 23. which doesn't mean nobody else had an abortion, they just which doesn't mean nobody else had an abortion, theyjust travelled to the rest of the uk, which means it isa the rest of the uk, which means it is a privilege extended to women who can afford to travel and not extended to women who can afford to travel and also means that a at some people

england and also potentially the northern isles as well.y from those errors it is scotla nd well. away from those errors it is scotland and northern ireland again seeing the lion's share of the fine and dry weather and also, despite the chart, the highest temperatures will stop we could be looking at 2115 in the west. by the time we get to thursday, we have all this cloud across us. thursday, we have all this cloud across us. through the day, some bright spells develop at a plethora of thunderstorms again coming in from the south and again we could see some of those showers in the northern isles. so, still an awful lot to play with here, still a lot of thunderstorms in the forecast. they are beautiful to look at but as we sure those pictures in birmingham, people struggling as well. thank you very much! everyone is back on the sofa. let's take a look at today's papers. it makes me want to sit up when you are on the sofa. not much legroom!

ireland, and now the law in northern ireland, and now the difference between northern ireland and theirit is very difficult for the government to act. they could do in the absence of the northern ireland assembly and the executive which, as you say, has not been in place the nearly 18 months now. it is possible for the westminster government to legislate and impose that change in the law on northern ireland but it would be very difficult and a very controversial thing to do. that said, there's pressure on the government to act. labour say they are looking at legislative options and whilst their preferred method would be to do this through the northern ireland assembly, they say that women have suffered long enough. the shadow attorney general, shami chakrabarti, spoke this morning, saying," as a self identifying feminist, theresa may should negotiate with parties in northern ireland and impose legislation. women have suffered long enough and this is an issue of fundamental human rights". but downing street are not really engaging on this. a source says it isa engaging on this. a source

ireland and northern and western scotland. scotland. good move south—east into the far north—west of england and southern scotland later in the day but for england and wales, for most, anotherfine later in the day but for england and wales, for most, another fine day with top temperatures of 22. that fine weather for most will continue with us into next week, although the far north—west always seeing more cloud and outbreaks of rain. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: hawaii's mount kilauea volcano explodes, sending ash soaring into the sky. residents have been told to seek shelter. donald trump tries to put his summit with kim jong—un back on track by reassuring north korea. if we make a deal, i think kim jong—un is going to be very, very happy. jong—un is going to be very, very happy- i jong—un is going to be very, very happy. i really believe he is going to be very happy. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: one year into robert mueller‘s investigation into russia meddling into the us presidential ele

syrian rebels have surrendered enclave in the northern homs countryside they've been given the option of pledging their allegiance to the government or we know catering to rebel held territory in northern syria so as this report russian military commanders led the negotiations on behalf of the syrian government rebel factions controlling the northern countryside of homs were given an ultimatum reconcile with the state or surrender and move to rebel held territory in northern syria to avoid an all out military offensive. military pressure has piled on the arctic groups a few days ago the pro-government alliance heavily bombarded the region which is at a strategic crossroads linking the main population centers under government control the opposition had little choice about three hundred thousand syrians live there many of them forced from their homes elsewhere in syria the northern homs countryside is the latest rebel held area to surrender the opposition has been losing ground since its biggest defeat in years the fall of east. stern hooter in early april followed a fierce and intense

northern ireland?rve an executive focused upon the issues that matter to them — education, health, schools, farming, all the obvious stuff. we need to get the executive back up and running. the parties themselves need to do so. at the moment, the pilot light is on but no—one is twirling those knobs. we need to get the executive restored. lord duncan. now, do we simply have too many mps and peers? there was an urgent debate at the start of the week over the government's handling of a bill from a labour mp which would, in effect, halt plans to cut the number of members of the commons from 650 to 600. at the same time, the latest list of new peers has been released with 13 names — the majority of them conservative, which will take the total to 793. so how does the uk parliament shape up compared to other countries? here's julia butler. britain is thought to be the only democracy in the world with a second chamber larger than its first. let's take a tour. australia has 150 seats in its house of representat

streets of northern ireland today, is who is actually running northern ireland ?where. the people of northern ireland deserve an executive focused on the issues that matter to them. education, health, schools, farming, all the obvious stuff. we need to get the executive back up and running. the parties themselves need to do so. at the moment, the pilot light is on but no one is twirling those knobs. we need to get the executive restored. he is and cahoots with, is encouraging them not to come together to form, to let the assembly work. are there not people in this chamber who could assist, who negotiated the belfast agreement? some who served as chairman of the assembly, and it is important that we face up to the reality. there is a wealth of experience in this house, and i hope we can continue to draw upon that. my right honourable friend, the secretary of state for northern ireland, flies above and below the radar. does he agree that the longer the assembly and the executive are down, the harder it is to get it back up? that is the lessons of the past, even afte

get into northern ireland.e north—western northern ireland, and there will be more cloud for scotla nd there will be more cloud for scotland and northern ireland, more than you've been used to this week. at the same time, england and wales, more thunderstorms coming up from the near continent, some of those will be downpours and slow—moving so they could lead to some disruption but i'll keep you posted on we know you will! new research seen by bbc breakfast suggests that survivors of domestic violence are facing intimidation when their cases are heard in the family court. many have to come face—to—face with their abusive ex—partner. the charity women's aid says the process can be a major source of fearfor some women. the government says it is consulting on a bill which will tackle the issue. graham satchell reports. isabel's relationship with her husband started to go wrong after the birth of her daughter, olivia. she says he became jealous, angry, abusive. we've changed both names and re—voiced their words to

many northern eree sew the country.e sew the best of the sunshine, in fact unbroken sunshine in some places like this weather watcher picture shows in cumbria. there were outbreaks of rain further south, like here in hastings, east sussex. the wet weather across the south will move slowly northwards through the iliad overnight. heavy and thundery downpours in some places. and it'll feel warm and muggy. further north, largely dry with clear skies and it'll be cooler. —— through the evening and overnight. icardi start friday for much of england and wales. outbreaks of heavy rain in the midlands. —— a cloudy start. you can see where the heaviest of the downpours will be through the course of friday morning. further south, something drier, some sunshine appearing as the morning wears on. the north of england, scotland, northern ireland, a dry start and sunshine away from posts which will start grey and misty. that cloud should burn back to the coast as the day wears on. for much of scotland and northern ireland, it should s

for the most part, most of northern ireland, northern alan and scotla nd northern ireland, northern alandinburgh, 2a in belfast. heading into the bank holiday, the risk of showers pushing further north. this weather front is flying from northern ireland across in two parts of northern england, just bringing in the moisture. that is what is causing these thundery downpours. for northern ireland, parts of northern england and scotland, a greater risk of showers here through monday. further south that risk is a somewhat. there could still be one of sioux but again there will be one sunshine with temperatures around 35 or two d6. so, sunshine with temperatures around 35 ortwo d6. so, to sunshine with temperatures around 35 or two d6. so, to sum up this weekend, it is one of those weekends where we will see a bit of a mixture of weather. some big thunderstorms around, starting off in southern england, gradually pushing north as the bank holiday weekend progresses. those downpours are going to be pretty intense. that's the weather. this is bbc world news, i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stori

pressure is mounting for northern ireland to liberalise its strict abortion laws.dum in the irish republic that overturned that country's ban. however, the democratic unionists, the largest party in the north, said it should not be bullied into accepting abortion on demand. emma vardy reports. this was a seismic moment, marking a shift away from the country's once strict conservative beliefs. two thirds of irish voters backed repealing the ban on abortion and the reverberations of this decision are felt elsewhere. this has very much been a national debate, people all over the island have been talking about the need to support women and our policy is the same from the north through to the bottom of ireland, we need to show care and compassion towards women. ice cream! in belfast today, a sense that the debate moves here. northern ireland remains the only part of the uk where abortion is illegal unless it is a risk to the life of the woman. i would love to see a referendum up here. again, it probably will never happen. but hopefully it will start a conversation going

ireland, northern and western scotland. quite as chilly as it has been. for many, another fine start to sunday. but we will have big applied across scotla nd but we will have big applied across scotland with more breeze and northern ireland, bringing occasional rain. still drier moments with hazy sunshine. hazy sunshine andi with hazy sunshine. hazy sunshine and i slid in showers to be used to scotla nd and i slid in showers to be used to scotland with temperatures around the moray firth up to 21 but with long spells of sunshine across england and wales once more, even after the misty start, highs of around 23. buying into sunday evening but a translator across the north—west of scotland and northern ireland and that departs westwards once again and into next week it'll be fine many. this is bbc news. our latest headlines... prince harry and meghan markle have been married at a ceremony in st george's chapel, windsor, in a royal wedding that's been watched across the world. the bride arrived at the chapel with ten pageboys

northern ireland and western scotland, including the northern isles, always that bit cloudier, occasionalather, too. these areas into sunday night will turn wetter and the rain becomes heavier and more persistent but we will see skies clear through eastern scotland and down through much of england and wales with the risk of some mist and sea fog around the coast. temperatures by night not dropping as much as they have done recently. one good news for the gardeners. the bad news is high pressure will still dominate through the start of the week so not much in the way of wet weather. plenty of watering of plants to be done. the wettest weather on monday confined to scotland and northern ireland. heavy, persistent rain to start the day but with that high pressure building from the east, it will nudge off westwards. so many of you, including eastern parts of northern ireland and much of scotland by the end of monday, dry, sunny and warm again. an outside chance across southern counties of england of a small thunderstorm or heavy shower. same too on tuesday. most will be dry. a bit more cloud

we saw a north south divide, northern ireland in northern england, some broken sunshine and places, thethe further south, more cloud cover and a huge field of things, like here in hastings. whether responsible for the cloudy weather will continue to move northwards, moving slowly overnight, we could see some heavy thundering downpours, it'll feel quite warm, f—lll celsius further north, perhaps try with clear skies and cooler. we still got the weather front in central parts of the country. it's going to be how we start friday, outbreaks of pretty heavy rain through the midlands, and parts of wales and northern and eastern england. we consider the downpours will begin friday morning. south, parts of sunshine as the morning wears on, but far north of england and scotland and northern ireland, a nice dry spot here. but that cloud across there, should bring back to the coast as the day goes on. so scotland and northern ireland should stay dry, it will stay pretty wet and northern parts of england, and towards wales with some boundary downpours. for the sunshine comes out of the afternoon, a

ireland, none of them are right in favour of extending abortion laws to northern ireland.pping up theresa may's minority government at westminster are opposed to any change in the law. yesterday, ian paisley treated that northern ireland should not be bullied into accepting abortion on demand. so pastor will be campaigning for the laws to change, it is not guaranteed that will happen. rbs has failed to appreciate the impact of its decision to close dozens of branches in scotland, a report by mps has found. the scottish affairs committee described the move as a devastating blow for communities affected. it is urging the bank to halt plans to axe up to 62 branches. rbs said the closures were in response to an increase in mobile and online banking. the headlines on bbc news: donald trump has indicated that preparations for a summit next month with the leader of north korea, kimjong—un, are going ahead as originally planned. england could get more national parks after the environment secretary, michael gove, announced he's launching a review into the country's natural landscap

downing street insists it's a matter for northern ireland.ckling the gender pay gap at england's biggest employer — the health secretary launches a review into doctors' pay in the nhs. more than a month's rainfall injust one hour — a bank holiday clean—up after flash floods in wales and the midlands.

ireland. day for northern ireland. showers perhaps heading towards scotland and northern ireland.ch win to move things around with humid air. humid air. the midlands and east anglia as well. well. thunder and lightning and the possibility of localised flooding. possibility of localised flooding. the end of the week is to push everything further north. everything further north. wales, not as wet, generally dry, sunshine around. sunshine around. ireland, there will be slow—moving and heavy and thundery downpours. and heavy and thundery downpours. arrives in scotland and northern ireland for a while. ireland for a while. for most of england and wales it may be dry. england and wales it may be dry. warm sunshine and temperatures in the low to mid 20s. the low to mid 20s. and into monday, the threat of catching thunderstorms remains. catching thunderstorms remains. weather pattern not changing significantly. significantly. large part of the uk will be dry with some sunshine. in north america and around the globe. i‘m duncan golestani. a summit between donald trump and kimjong—un. tryin

in northern ireland.way of life and in our democracy. this deficit should have been caused by the collapse of the executive and for it to be very clear to everybody that the lack of ministerial decisionmaking is impacting on people's everyday lives. ijust wonder has — what the chairman's thoughts are and where we go to try to move forward sinn fein from the obstinance they have in relation to their position. sometimes, we need to move forward and part of the things that we disagree on. i would urge dup and all the other parties in northern ireland to set aside those things on which they cannot agree and get on with what they can agree. i think people in northern ireland are increasingly frustrated with silly nonsense around politicking in northern ireland. which means that their day—to—day, things that are important to them on a day—to—day basis, health care, education, infrastructure, are not being done because of obstinate politicians standing on their dignity in respect of particular areas though they

hundreds of thousands in kenya while powerful dust and rain storms kill almost a hundred people in northern states of india. and the former head of folks fogging is charged over a diesel emissions scandal. or the white house is scrambling to fend off what could be one of the most damaging scandals to engulf the trump presidency donald trump has admitted that one hundred thirty thousand dollars was paid to an adult film star to stop a going public about an alleged affair u.s. president still denies that encounter with stormy daniels ever happened and insists the hush money was meant to keep her quiet about quote false and extortionist accusations committee how could report. a shifting story for us president donald trump appearing at the white house rose garden ironically on the national day of prayer trump spoke about the importance of face but nothing about a lie he told reporters a month ago aboard air force one you know very. stormy daniels is an adult film star who alleges she had an affair with trump a two thousand and six trump's lawyer michael cohen paid her one hundred thirty thousan

the labour partyjoins calls to change abortion laws in northern ireland, following the referendum inhe republic from sparkling sea, to magnificent moorland — the 840 bus route from pickering to whitby in north yorkshire has been voted britain's most scenic. coming up... as current treatments for me are being reviewed, emma donohoe investigates how young people cope with the debilitating illness. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a man's been killed after storms caused flash flooding across the west midlands with more than a month's rainfall hitting parts of birmingham yesterday in the space ofjust an hour. the man a pensioner in his 80s died in walsall, after his vehicle became submerged. met office amber weather warnings for rain and thunderstorms are in place this afternoon for east anglia, london and the south east and the south west. the south east could also experience the hottest day of the year so far. our correspondent caroline davies reports from walsall. now it is quite a sunny day but it would have been a very different scene yesterday. behind me you might be able to

powerful dust and rain storms killed almost one hundred people in northern states of india. plus one explain why a new plan to deal with argentina's rubbish could mean hundreds of jobs go up in smoke. well yes present all trump has changed his story about how they paid to a porn star who claims she had an affair with him more than a decade ago trump tweeted that he knew about a one hundred thirty thousand dollars payment to stormy daniels after one of his lawyers revealed it in a t.v. interview but he said it was a retainer fee for his lawyer and the money did not come from his election campaign funds can't you know press what a on his latest. donald trump has admitted he's aware of the hush money paid to former porn star stormy daniels the president had denied knowing anything about the payment but now he appears to be changing his story on twitter he wrote the agreement was to stop false and extortionist thank you solutions about the affair and he says money from his presidential campaign was not used his tweets follow an interview with rudy giuliani that may have backfire