it valleys of northern ireland. it was milder there valleys of northern ireland. the morning but still scraping the ice from in the morning but still scraping the ice from the cars, the ice from the cars, there is the fog the ice from the cars, there is the fog issue, the ice from the cars, there is the fog issue, southern areas fog issue, southern areas to the south of fog issue, southern areas to the south of wales, northern south of wales, northern ireland where it has where it has been stubborn and stayed all where it has been stubborn and stayed all day. stayed all day. when it stayed all day. when it clears when it clears from northern ireland, | when it clears from northern ireland, lam hoping ireland, lam hoping for more ssh than today‘ ireland, lam hoping for more ssh than today‘ spells ireland, lam hoping for more ssh than today‘ spells of sunshine in than today‘ spells of sunshine in the west of scotland, than today‘ spells of sunshine in the west of scotland, the than today‘ spells of sunshine in the west of scotland, the east has a the west of scotlan

prime minister, you very briefly touched on northern ireland. cial relationship between the united kingdom and the republic of ireland, particularly between northern ireland and the republic. is it the goverment's position that but special relationship should continue? we don't want to see a return to the borders of the past. the common travel area, which as you know, is the movement of people, has beenin know, is the movement of people, has been in place since 1923. it continues to be in place. we are working very hard with the government of the republic of ireland to ensure that we can find a solution moving forward. but as i say doesn't involve a return to the borders of the past. her majesties government takes that view. it seems that the irish government does. it seems unusually in northern ireland, pretty much every politician that takes the view that that should be the case. the problem is there is another sort of negotiating body involved here call the european union. have you any indication so far of what attitude they will take towards

scotland and northern ireland, and here, coldest night of the week, with frost in places, and for northern two of you for tuesday. probably worse in northern ireland and in the hills andier bursts in the south. through central and eastern england, brighter afternoons in store than we've been used to for a while. but, at last, the arrival of some sunshine. some sunshine for eastern parts of scotland, but in the west, we start to see some rain. a cooler day by and large, but let's focus on that rain. western scotland and northern ireland, not just rain but strong winds. the strong winds are back. gale force across many areas into tuesday evenings rush hour. severe gales, if not storm force, across the north, thanks to this weather front bringing rain across the country and increasing winds as we go through the night and into wednesday. and that links into weather systems waiting in the wings being fired up by the jet stream i mentioned. so it is that big challenge to start the week. fog could be an issue. strong winds and heavy rain later on. we'll of course keep you updated and take you thr

look at northern ireland an western scotland.utiful afternoon for you, i hope you are making the most of it because all change for tomorrow. lovely spells of sunshine through western scotland and northern ireland, perhaps the cloud thick enough in eastern scotland, down into the lake district and wale todd spot down into the lake district and wale t odd spot or two or drizzle. a weather front is steadily drifting westwards out of south—east england, towards the midlands and into lincolnshire for the afternoon. fair amount of cloud jenny in england and wales and another drab afternoon for many. that, the band of patchy rain will drift steadily westwards, further north we see the temperatures falling away, a frost is likely through northern ireland, and scotland, in towns and city centres round freezing but perhaps in rural parts as low as minus two to four, not set to last though, the next area of low pressure will move in and bring wet and windy wester, heavy rain through northern ireland, gales or severe gale, maybe storm force

scotland and northern ireland, a weather front, not a scotland and northern ireland, a weatherfront, front, not a lot of rain but it is in the north—west of scotland and it will spread south—east during the day. fab for a time in parts of scotla nd the day. fab for a time in parts of scotland and northern ireland. behind it, brighter for some scotland and northern ireland. behind it, brighterfor some of us before the sun goes down. not a lot of sunshine. many places will stay dry despite the cloud. parts of eastern and south—eastern england getting some patchy rain. and overnight on monday that will drift west. monday night in scotland and northern ireland, a cold at night, a touch of frost and maybe some fog. tuesday, the further west you are in wales and england, you may see rain, brighter skies elsewhere in england and in scotland and northern ireland, heavy rain stronger win. the first of a number of weather systems coming this way. more powerful areas of low pressure coming in as the week goes on, leading to christmas, so the change in the weather is from high pressure to low pr

scotland and northern ireland, a weather front, not a scotland and northern ireland, a weatherfront, scotland and northern ireland, a weather front, not a lot of rain but

gales and showers in northern ireland. a few coming into western ireland and wales.get the sunshine, but vertically cold with the gales and showers towards the north—west. we have our storm, barbara, heading towards the north—west of scotland. a deep area of low pressure. that weather front on friday will give us all a spell of rain. the wind will be the main feature. the met office have issued this amber wind warning for friday and into friday night. the strongest of the winds will develop across the north west of scotland. cost of 90 miles an hour. across the rest of scotla nd miles an hour. across the rest of scotland on friday and friday night, gusts of 70 miles an hour, so doing northern ireland and north wales. christmas eve morning, the winds becoming lighter. still blustery showers in the north and some could be wintry. it's not as wintry further south, but clouding over, just in time for christmas debts. very windy, especially in the north, but it could be very mild. thank you very much. that's all from the bbc news at 6. so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc

scotland and northern ireland, and here, coldest night of the week, with frost in places, and for northernmorning. still fog an issue for one or two of you for tuesday. probably worse in northern ireland and in the hills with outbursts in the south. through central and eastern england, brighter afternoons in store than we've been used to for a while. but, at last, the arrival of some sunshine. some sunshine for eastern parts of scotland, but in the west, we start to see some rain. a cooler day by and large, but let's focus on that rain. western scotland and northern ireland, not just rain but strong winds. the strong winds are back. gale force across many areas into tuesday evenings rush hour. severe gales, if not storm force, across the north, thanks to this weather front bringing rain across the country and increasing winds as we go through the night and into wednesday. and that links into weather systems waiting in the wings being fired up by the jet stream i mentioned. so it is that big challenge to start the week. fog could be an issue. strong winds and heavy rain later on. we'll of c

wales, northern ireland and scotland it stays cloudy.ort could be affected by these fog patches that will linger through the afternoon and well into the night—time. the focus overnight across east anglia and south—east england duty that poor visibility. further west, a lot of cloud around. that should help improve visibility through the night. northern ireland and scotland, it will be relatively mild, but we have some rain sinking its way southwards. there continues to new year's eve. eventual sea wet weather crossing into the belt and northern ireland during the afternoon. the breeze picking up, so the fog will lift. it will turn milderfor the fog will lift. it will turn milder for a the fog will lift. it will turn milderfor a time, with the fog will lift. it will turn milder for a time, with temperatures reaching 10 degrees in london. that is the weather. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines at 12.30. president putin says he will not expel anyone in response to president obama's sanctions against moscow, for interfering in the us ele

it was part of their campaign to try and undermine british rule in northern ireland and to make northernffectively ungovernable. >> no warnings were given, and the targets seem to have been chosen precisely because they would be crowded with people at that time of day. >> what they managed to do was make the percussive regularity of bombs going off the norm in northern ireland during the 1970s. >> what do you think will happen? >> i think they'll just keep bombing going on. >> it's got to end some time. >> aye, some time, but i don't know when. nobody knows. >> i'm jim mckay speaking to you live at this moment from abc headquarters just outside the olympic village in munich, west germany. the olympics of serenity have become the one thing the germans didn't want them to be, the olympics of terror. >> i was in my bed at the hotel. and the phone rang, and they said, you better get in here. some terrorists have taken over the apartments of the israeli team. and i said, they did what? >> at about 5:00 this morning, before dawn, arab guerillas believed now to be five in number got over the fe

but the cloud will thicken up across northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and westernd into the early part of the night stop what happens on wednesday the first front bringing the rain moves to the south—east and then a weaker one comes in hot on its hills. here is the first one, taking the reins southwards accompanied by windy conditions. the skies remain. weak front comes accompanied by windy conditions. the skies remain. weakfront comes in from the west moving east of the weakening feature all the time. there will be sunshine that there will be showers behind it in scotla nd will be showers behind it in scotland and some of those will be wintry in nature, especially on the hills. as we head through the rest of the weekend into the christmas it looks like it will be wet and windy. at the moment some of us could see some snow that looks like it is largely going to be in the hills in the north. i will keep you updated on that as we get closer to christmas. windy and busy. thank you, carol. the it's the last monday before christmas, which means it's time for us to open

scotland and northern ireland, the cold est start scotland and northern ireland, the coldest start tot with sunshine. already the first hint of change in the rush hour as wind picks up in the hebrides. northern ireland, dense freezing fog could trouble the morning commute. it will clear through the morning. it will clear through the morning. it will clear through the morning. it will be dry and bright for a time. and a brighter start for england and why, especially further east. not as much missed orfog. it is grey and misty through wales. to the east of it, more sunshine around. staying dry and sunny in eastern parts of scotland, away from the borders, that is, but by the end of the afternoon, northern ireland, western scotland, wet and windy and the wet and windy weather spreads tomorrow night into england and were. it will introduce cold conditions to take us into wednesday. we are not done with the strong wind. on the weather front we see bands of thundery showers pushing east, so we could see some damaging winds in one or two places. south of that, northern england, wales, the mi

rain across southern scotland and northern ireland. at midnight that will move towards the south. ies but wintry showers pushing in could bring icy conditions on roads across parts of northern scotland and northern ireland. heading south, mostly dry at midnight, there could be cloud around. misty patches, too. rain moving in later on in the night. at midnight we've got the rain draped through central parts of the country. colder conditions moving in from the north and through new year's day, that colder air will move further south across the country. a different feel to the weather during new year's day. rain across much of the southwest, wales, the midlands, east anglia. the southeast may start off dry but we will see the arrival of that rain later in the morning. sunny skies across northern england, northern ireland and southern scotland with further showers moving in across the north of scotland. at least it's a return to the sunshine across northern parts of the country. further south all that cloud continuing to bring outbreaks of rain and perhaps a bit of snow on the highest

but as the next band of rain arrives across northern ireland and western and northern scotland, it willing in across northern ireland. still this morning's rain on and off across western parts of england and wales. some of that getting in across done fees and galloway, as we push further east the sun will come out and it will be a pleasant, but a chilly afternoon. lets look at the wind gusts. across the north—west, we could have gusts up to 60mph across the outer hebrides, up to 70mph. the whole band of wet and windy weather is sinking southwards. as we go through the rest of the afternoon, evening and overnight, but it will weaken as it does so. behind it, a drier slot. and then squally showers come in, squally means a lot of wind around some heavy showers and we will see by the end of the night some snow possibly affecting some of the higher routes across western scotland. tomorrow then, this band of rain in the south peps up. so we will have a band of heavier rain moving across southern and south—eastern counties and we continue with this squally showers across northern ireland and s

in northern england, northern ireland and scotla nd england, northern ireland and scotland it is a coldnshine. it will be breezy particularly across northern areas. watch out for ice first thing. then for the midlands, southern and south—eastern parts it will stay wet with heavy bursts at times. a bit of brightness getting to north wales, the far north of england. north of the country will stay bright but very cold with some wintry showers. then that colder, drier, brighter air moves in across the country for monday. a frosty start with plenty of sunshine around. the england and wales, the best of the sunshine. scotland and northern ireland cloudy. there could be some spots of rain as well. this is bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh. the headlines. australia welcomes in the new year in style with a spectacular of fireworks over the sydney harbour bridge. security is stepped up in major cities around the world and here in the uk for new year crowds and celebrations after the deadly lorry attacks in germany and france. there'll be police officers, stewards, there will be a search regime in plac

eventually into northern ireland. away from that, dry. temperatures around 7- 12 of high ground. temperatures around 7— 12 degrees. if you are out this evening, be prepared for rain early in scotland and northern ireland, but by midnight, clearer skies and cold conditions. winter conditions for northern parts of northern ireland. if you are celebrating across england and wales, rain pushing into north—west england by the time to get to midnight and to the time to get to midnight and to the north and west of files. patchy rain and drizzle across western areas. the rest of you will see the new year under dry conditions. a mild start to 2017 across the south. chilly conditions across midnight in scotla nd chilly conditions across midnight in scotland and northern ireland. they will push southwards. a slow process through new year's day, but it will eventually reach all of us. beware that will struggle to shift away. it is through a good part of south and central england through the day. whole debate brighter conditions for scotla nd whole de

for northern ireland, some brighter skies., quite a lot of cloud around, some brightness but again you might find some pockets of fog lingering across the southeast and east anglia. it's going to be a generally mild day anyway. then for new year's eve, that weather front sinks that bit further south taking rain with it and windy conditions. there will be a quite a bit of cloud around. as this front continues to descend on south, what you will find is that behind it we start to pull in colder air. as we head into new year's day if self, the timing of the weather front coming south could change but this is the current timing we think, moving across england and wales and heading down towards the south—east through the day. behind it, brighterskies, some sunshine and showers. increasingly the showers will be wintry and we could see some lower levels as well. you can always keep up to date with the weather forecast where you are or where you want to be, by going online. this is bbc news. the headlines at 10.00am. the hollywood actr

many in northern ireland's parliament voted for brexit.im allister: a democratic decision has been taken and it's not for individuals like mr. mccord to hold up their puny hand and try and thwart that. we should be pulling together to make a huge success -- as it will be -- of brexit and to embrace the opportunities. reporter: mccord fears that brexit could further deepen the divisions in northern ireland. the scars of the past are still very evident here. huge walls divide the catholic and protestant areas. mccord has often received death threats because of his outspoken criticism of the loyalist paramilitaries and his refusal to the let the murder of his son rest. raymond mccord: no problems in the car but if i was to walk up and down here, and these people on the other side of the road see me, there's a possibility car loads of guys would come down looking for me. reporter: mccord regularly meets with relatives of other murder victims from the northern ireland conflict. ciaran foxs father was killed over 20 years ago. he too spent years

scotland and wales are fined £15,500 and northern ireland, £12,000.ill be held in a german resort after saatchi was stripped of the right to stage it following allegations of russian state—sponsored doping. i will be back with more on those stories. in the past hour the head of the international monetary fund, christine lagarde, has been found guilty of negligence over a huge compensation payment made eight years ago the french court has found that ms lagarde, french finance minister at the time, was responsible of a payment of more than $400 million to the tycoon, bernard tapie. ms lagarde was not present in the court in paris for the verdict, having left france for washington. the imf board will meet shortly to discuss the outcome of the case. earlier i spoke to our paris correspondent, lucy williamson, and i asked her explain the details of the case. well, the court found she was guilty of not appealing against an arbitration deal that resulted in this massive 400 million euros pay—out back in 2008. it was a pay—out back in 2008. it was a pay—out t

, through the evening, however from northern ireland, through the evening, howeverfrom the northernthe ventricle is away from the central lowlands of scotland, clears away from northern ireland, and as we head toward midnight that remedy settling across northern england and parts of wales, then the fireworks start to go off across the country. towards the south and east of the weather front should be dry, fairly cloudy, a lot to the north, turning cloudy, cold and office and showers in northern scotland. this arctic air will be flooding south behind this band of rainfor flooding south behind this band of rain for new year's day, this band of rain may well get a bit stuck across east anglia and the south—east into the afternoon, so be rather dull and a a fair here, but elsewhere, brightening up, we will see a bit of sunshine, but it will feel cold in the northerly wind. this is bbc news — i'm annita mcveigh. the headlines at 5pm: president putin says he will not expel anyone in response to president obama ordering 35 russian diplomats out of the us for alleged hacking. mr putin also

by northern ireland's first minister arlene foster on a flawed heating scheme that could cost the northernthat the initial scheme did not contain cost control measures and there were fundamental flaws in its design. this is the deepest political regret in my time in this house. the evacuation of thousands of people trapped in eastern aleppo has resumed with hundreds of residents moved out on buses last night. thousands more are still trapped in the ruins of the syrian city. a wave of strikes by thousands of workers is underway, hitting postal, rail and air services in the run—up to christmas. some of the country's biggest trade unions are involved in disputes overjobs, pay, pensions and safety. 101—year—old ralph clarke, believed to be the oldest person ever convicted by a jury in britain — has been jailed for 13 years for committing a string of sex offences against three young children in the 1970s and 1980s. more now on the news that thousands of workers are expected to strike this week in the run up to christmas. staff at hundreds of crown post offices have started three days of action

northern ireland who played azerbaijan £15, 000, 16,00 pounds.om for sport and nothing else when inside the stadium and on the pitch but we can expect appeals here. pitch but we can expect appeals here. the broadcaster and rabbi, lionel blue, has died, aged 86. he became a rabbi in 1960 and was a regular contributor to thought for the day on bbc radio 4. he revealed his sexuality relatively late in life — the first british rabbi to speak openly about his homosexuality since i couldn't find anyone to love who would love me, i decided to love god instead. i then began to see people in a different light. crushed in a late—night train, i saw god's image in them, and they ceased to be pushy, crazed cattle, but souls journeying to paradise, like me. and when i offered one my seat, i saw how love had blossomed into loving kindness. the reverend lionel blue,0be who has died at the age of 86 the hungarian born actress and socialite, zsa zsa gabor, has died. her age was a closely guarded secret, but she was thought to have been 99. her husband announced he

scotland and northern ireland, and here, coldest night of the week with frost in places and for northernn issue for one or two of you for tuesday. probably worse in northern ireland and in the hills andier bursts in the south. through central and eastern england, brighter afternoons in store than we've been used to for a while. but, at last, the arrival of some sunshine. some sunshine for eastern parts of scotland, but in the west, we start to see some rain. a cooler day by and large, but let's focus on the rain. western scotland and northern ireland. notjust rain but strong winds. the strong winds are back. gale force across many areas into tuesday evening's rush hour. severe gales, if not storm force, across the north thanks to this weather front bringing rain across the country and increasing winds through the night and into wednesday. and that links into weather systems waiting in the wings being fired up by the jet stream i mentioned. so it is that big challenge to start the week. fog could be an issue. strong winds and heavy rain later on. we'll of course keep you updated and take

for scotland and northern ireland a weather front is edging in from the atlantic.ducing outbreaks of rain especially to the western highlands. that is going to spread south—eastwards through the rest of scotland and northern ireland through the day. not a huge amount of rain left but damp for a time. behind it some of us may brighten up for the end of the day. england and wales, emphasis on cloud rather than sunshine, some patchy rain through parts of the east and south—east. if you start with fog, visibility slowly improving but temperatures still in single figures. as we go into monday night, clear skies mean a night for scotland and northern ireland, so more could have frost. plenty of cloud in england and wales. patchy rain around. brighter skies developing elsewhere in england. then quite a change on the way to the far north—west, parts of scotland and northern ireland turning windier, getting heavier rain moving in, pushing south—eastwards during the day on wednesday and that is the first of a number of weather systems coming our way later this week. we are s

northern ireland and northern scotland, showers with rain, hail, sleetand northern scotland, showersgood morning. first, our main story. a manhunt is under way in germany after police revealed the suspect they arrested following monday's truck attack in berlin has been released without charge. 12 people were killed and nearly 50 were injured after a lorry was driven into crowds at a christmas market. security has been stepped up in the german capital. catriona renton reports. this had been a place filled with festive joy. now, silence and sadness, as people come together to support each other. members of berlin's muslim community sit outside the nearby church asking for peace. translation: we want to clearly distance ourselves from every person that attacks our society. germany's our home. we love germany. we want to live here. berlin is our city, and we won't allow our life to be threatened. it is still not known who crashed this lorry or where they are. this was the immediate aftermath. 12 people were killed, dozens more injured, when the christmas market was attacked on monday eve

as we head on through the evening, the wind will become a feature across parts of northern ireland, northernes. something to keep an eye on. as we head through tuesday and into wednesday, our wearing front bearing the rain sinks towards the south. that will bring in some rain too. so here is the first one with all that rain. gusty winds around it. the second one comes in from the west, weakening and producing showery outbreaks and in between, there will be bright skies and sunshine and showers across parts of scotland and some of those will be wintry. mainly dry. there is a wee drop of rain around. spells of rain from midweek and it is going to turn that bit windier. but as always, you can find out more where you are on our website. this is bbc news. i'mjoanna gosling. a wave of strikes ahead of christmas, around 3,000 staff at crown post offices walk out. southern rail workers begin two days of industrial action in the row over the role of conductors on trains. the evacuation of eastern aleppo resumes — dozens of buses carrying hundreds of people left the city overnight for rebel—held terri

scotland and northern ireland, and here, coldest night of the week, with frost in places, and for northernn issue for one or two of you for tuesday. probably worse in northern ireland and in the hills andier bursts in the south. through central and eastern england, brighter afternoons in store than we've been used to for a while. but, at last, the arrival of some sunshine. some sunshine for eastern parts of scotland, but in the west, we start to see some rain. a cooler day by and large, but let's focus on that rain. western scotland and northern ireland, not just rain but strong winds. the strong winds are back. gale force across many areas into tuesday evenings rush hour. severe gales, if not storm force, across the north, thanks to this weather front bringing rain across the country and increasing winds as we go through the night and into wednesday. and that links into weather systems waiting in the wings being fired up by the jet stream i mentioned. fog could be an issue. strong winds and heavy rain later on. we'll of course keep you updated and take you through it each day step—by—step

we're seeing a change to our weather starting today across scotland and northern ireland. ularly across northern and western scotland and later in towards northern ireland. a speu later in towards northern ireland. a spell of heavy rain as well. further south, we have got a little bit of rain across western wales and in towards the south—west of england. so here staying murky and damp throughout the day. but further east though, we will have a little bit of drierair though, we will have a little bit of drier air pulling though, we will have a little bit of drierair pulling in though, we will have a little bit of drier air pulling in off the nor continent. for eastern wales, for much of central and southern and eastern england a fine afternoon with decent spells of sunshine. something we haven't seen for a while. but it will stay chilly with temperatures remaining in single figures, five to nine celsius. but for northern ireland, a really wet end to the day. that rain really pepping up end to the day. that rain really pepping up across western scotland. although eastern scot

northern ireland's first minister arlene foster went to the storm arlene foster went to the stormontal mess. but proceedings began with chaotic scenes. opposition parties walked out and the first minister was left alone with her party, the dup, while outside their partners in power—sharing, sinn fein, put pressure for a full independent enquiry into a badly flawed green energy scheme. we need to establish all the facts and we need to know who benefited from this failed scheme. the first minister should stand aside to allow the investigation to take place. the controversial renewable heat incentive scheme originally worked like this: for every £1 of fuel a company uses, they are paid around £1.60, to encourage them to buy environmentally friendly boilers. but because initially there were no caps or limits, in the scheme's 20—year life it is expected to go £400 million over budget, money which stormont is responsible for. the special advisers of the dup interfered in my decision—making. last week the former dup enterprise minister jonathan bell accused officials from within his own par

by for scotland and northern ireland. down across the country through new year weekend. so expect some rain and then behind that, it turns colder again. this is bbc news. the headlines: the imperial senate will not stand for this. the actress carrie fisher, best known for playing the princess leia in the star wars films, has died aged 60. she was taken ill last week. carrie fisher's co—star mark hamill, who played luke skywalker, tweets to say he's devastated, adding: "there are no words." ministers reject criticism that plans to require voters to show id at polling stations are a "sledgehammer to crack a nut". the author of watership down, richard adams, has died peacefully aged 96, his family has announced. japan's leader is at pearl harbour ahead of an historic visit, when he and president 0bama will pay their respects together.

turning wetter and windier for northern ireland and western scotland. to finish the day. wet and windy weather into england and wales into wednesday morning. that will open the door to cold air and clear skies with showers for wednesday in scotland. and along the little front on wednesday the wind will pick up. that could cause a few travel issues. if you are heading out across scotland and northern ireland on wednesday, gales, severe gales at times as wind accompanies the showers, dropping snow notjust on the hills but at lower levels at times in the far north. on wednesday, northern england, the midlands, wales, dry and bright. fairly cloudy in the south with occasional rain. that will clear into thursday. better weather on thursday, less breezy. a bit chillier, especially further north, with a noticeable breeze. and some further showers at times. then stormy weather into the end of the week. and as christmas approaches, a deep area of low pressure pushes north—west. if your travel plans are weather dependent, keep tuned to the forecast. a very warm w

say something i've never thought i would believe or ever say publicly but after five years in northern ireland, i thought it was very tough. then i went to the middle east twice and now the irish seemed very easy. >> host: difference with ireland and northern ireland is a western country. the middle east is the middle east and you had a part lebanese background but i would assume it was a much harder set of people to navigate on both sides israel side and palestinian side? >> guest: very much so. important to keep in mind in mind in discussing the israeli-palestinian issue is it does not exist in isolation. it is part of a larger region that is itself upheaval and affects the israeli-palestinian relationship. i think many people tend to try to focus the israeli-palestinian issue as though it existed, it exists all by itself. you can't do that. it's much more complicated. islam is now driven internally by many conflicts, most prominent which is the division between sunni and shiite but there are many internal conflicts. the whole middle east is torn by the range of intersecting sometimes contra

parts of scotland, northern ireland, northern england and northern wilds. it —— northern wilds. across southern counties of england and wales, a dark start, but it will brighten. then the wider front —— weather front console. mist date where ever you are. we might even see a record breaking temperatures. we have to beat 15.6dc. somewhere could hit 16. if it is somewhere like aberdeen, then we could have the highest temperatures recorded on christmas day. as the weather front goes through, cold air follows behind. we could even see wintry mess. we could also have a white christmas before christmas day is there. loads is happening with the weather over the next few days, especially windy across the north of the country for the next few days. i can't believe there's temperatures for sunday. you will not need your scarf and gloves then. not on sunday. but on christmas day. but you do this morning, john. we have been won. i like the scarf. but she will be sweating on christmas day. it is six months to the day since one of the biggest decisions in uk politics — t

, mist and fog forming ina northern ireland, mist and fog forming in a few places whereas to theere, you can see around 56 degrees which is where we'll have the cloud and drizzle once again. one more day before all these isobars you can see behind me will send winds and it will blow all the cloud away and the weather will go downhill. here is a look at tuesday, the northwest rainey, sunshine here and there across england and wales on tuesday. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines at 7:30pm. russia's ambassador to turkey has been assasinated. at the scene, the gunman shouted his support for syria and the people of aleppo. russia, which backs the syrian government in the civil war, has called the shooting a terrorist attack. meanwhile evacuations have resumed from east aleppo, including nearly 50 orphans driven to safety after being trapped for months. workers at main post office branches have been on strike today, at the start of a week that will see airport baggage handlers, staff on southern rail, and some cabin crew at british airways, also walk out. the very future of high st

scotland and northern ireland, and here, coldest night of the week, with frost in places, and for northerny morning. still fog an issue for one or two of you for tuesday. probably worse in northern ireland and in the hills with outbursts of rain in the south. through central and eastern england, brighter afternoons in store than we've been used to for a while. but, at last, the arrival of some sunshine. some sunshine for eastern parts of scotland, but in the west, we start to see some rain. a cooler day by and large, but let's focus on that rain. western scotland and northern ireland, not just rain but strong winds. the strong winds are back. gale force across many areas into tuesday evenings rush hour. severe gales, if not storm force, across the north, thanks to this weather front bringing rain across the country and increasing winds as we go through the night and into wednesday. and that links into weather systems waiting in the wings being fired up by the jet stream i mentioned. so it is that big challenge to start the week. fog could be an issue. strong winds and heavy rain later on.

for northern ireland we have 70 mph, still take x care. strong winds. at. thank you. the run—up to christmas is also a busy time of year for our police forces. we've been looking at the different challenges they face. this morning as part of our special policing series, steph has been behind the scenes of the new headquarters at durham police headquarters to find out about the work involved. good morning. what you are seeing here is one of the call handlers. this is not the tea m the call handlers. this is not the team who will deal with the 999 call that come in and they will decide who to dispatch to. police say it has been fairly quiet overnight, but i've also been told not to say the "quiet" word. 0verall crime is falling, by the violent crime has seen a falling, by the violent crime has seen a rise. that's what we are going to talk about. we've got the president of the police officers association, the chief constable here, and the youth violence co nsulta nt here, and the youth violence consultant and campaigner. first of all, why do you think viole

this is where we see the best weather today, across northern ireland.neath this cloud there has been burst of showery rain as well. that will continue to spread westwards through the night. where we have those clear skies to northern ireland and the temperatures are likely to fall away through this evening down to around freezing, maybe blow in rural spots. a cold, frosty start here, but it will turn into a wild and windy day as heavy rain moves in from the north—west and the wind will reach storm force gusts across the north—west. the culprits of elsewhere, the sun comes through and it would be more promising with highs of six to 8 degrees. it does look as though the rest of the weather is set to change after a quiet start. it will turn increasingly wet and windy. in between you pressure there will be brighter spells. hello. this is bbc news with ben brown and annita mcveigh. the headlines at 3.30pm: evacuations in syria are underway again from east aleppo and government held areas including nearly 50 orphans brought to safety after being trapped for m

we are playing a key role in ensuring there is a uk wide negotiation and in the interest of northern ireland heard loud and clear in relation to those preparations and one of the aspects is the 1949 ireland act, the rights of citizens of the united kingdom and that is part of the work we are doing. >> order. >> questions for the prime minister. doctor philipa whitfield. >> the leader of the house. [shouting] >> my right honorable friend, the prime minister, the gulf corporation summit in bahrain. this morning i have meetings with ministerial colleagues and others and in addition to my duties in this house i have further meetings later today. >> senator whitford. >> the memorandum of understanding, the right space institute brings the reality closer. with huge boost that could give to the uk aerospace industry will the uk government join the scottish government to literally get this off the ground. >> i can show the honorable lady the government is looking keenly at the opportunities to scotland and the whole of the united kingdom rising from future development of commercial space operations,

the production of id work in northern ireland?y certain countries go a certain way and electoral arrangements have always been different in northern ireland to the mainland. in the us it is pretty well accepted that these are a high political measures. they must register to forms of id. that is in northern ireland. —— that in america. in america it has been done to reduce certain types of people voting in the election. in the uk we wa nt voting in the election. in the uk we want a system of integrity. until that has been established and the evidence comes forward we worry that the high price of this so—called safety measures will be outweighed by the number of decent, honest footers who will not be able to vote on election day. thank you very much. the author of watership down, richard adams has died, aged 96. his tale about a family of rabbits was a bestseller and also became a celebrated film. a statement from his family said he died on christmas eve. nick higham looks back at his life. they seem sad, like trees in november. it

reading through scotland into northern ireland.ly in northeast wales and parks of yorkshire —— a few. gusty winds to the east of the pennines. overnight, a band of wet weather pushing through england and wales. the cold air follows behind with plenty of wintry showers in scotla nd with plenty of wintry showers in scotland and snow falling on the hills in northern scotland as temperatures at up close to freezing and a very cold feel in the strengthening wind from storm conor. severe gales in the north of scotla nd severe gales in the north of scotland and an amber warning for gusts of 80 miles an hour possible. plenty of showers across scotland is at the risk of some disruption, but elsewhere across the uk, the wind is not as strong. most places will be dry. there is actually quite a bit of afternoon sunshine on the way, but it will feel colder, temperatures back down into single figures, something closer to what we might expect at this time of year. better news through tuesday and wednesday, strong winds in northern scotla nd wedne

parts of northern ireland and scotla nd parts of northern ireland and scotland not doing too badly.east and where the fog sticks around all day long, temperatures will struggle to get above freezing. this is bbc news. the headlines at 5pm. the author of watership down, richard adams, has died peacefully at home aged 96, according to his daughter. ministers reject criticism that plans to require voters to show id at polling stations are a "sledgehammer to crack a nut". the children's commissioner for england warns that four in five young carers aren't receiving the help they need from social services. russian investigators examine a recovered flight data recorder recovered from the black sea, to try to discover why the plane crashed with 92 people on board. the prevent anti—extremism programme is defended by leicestershire's chief constable. simon cole says some of the criticism of the scheme is "hysterical". also this hour, tributes are paid to the actress liz smith,

further south, scotland, northern england, northern ireland and perhaps north wales gusts of 60 01’ andmorning, not as windy but blustery showers in the northern half. maybe some snow in the hills but south, bright and breezy, cloud amounts increasing through the day. and we arrive into christmas day. another area of low pressure but not as intense. we will get some strong and gusty winds. but they will be coming in from a mild direction, temperatures at least for most of the day away from the north will be very mild. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0utside source. the hunt is on for this man. he's the chief suspect in the berlin truck attack, he's on the run — and he was already being monitored by police. there's been another delay in the evacuation of eastern aleppo. we'll have the latest. president 0bama has banned all future oil drilling in most us waters in the arctic and north atlantic. we'll explain why — and how the industry is already working to persuade donald trump to reverse the decision. this is what happened at mexico's largest fireworks market. at least 30 people lost thei

scotland and northern ireland, and here, coldest night of the week, with frost in places, and for northern or two of you for tuesday. probably worse in northern ireland and in the hills andier bursts in the south. through central and eastern england, brighter afternoons in store than we've been used to for a while. but, at last, the arrival of some sunshine. some sunshine for eastern parts of scotland, but in the west, we start to see some rain. a cooler day by and large, but let's focus on that rain. western scotland and northern ireland, not just rain but strong winds. the strong winds are back. gale force across many areas into tuesday evenings rush hour. severe gales, if not storm force, across the north, thanks to this weather front bringing rain across the country and increasing winds as we go through the night and into wednesday. and that links into weather systems waiting in the wings being fired up by the jet stream i mentioned. so it is that big challenge to start the week. fog could be an issue. strong winds and heavy rain later on. we'll of course keep you updated and take you

across england and the south—west, perhaps in northern ireland in northern england and scotla nd irelande hang the fog temperatures will struggle to break freezing. it will struggle to break freezing. it will be cold and it will be great. through the evening and overnight more fog will form, especially across england and wales with frost around as well. across northern ireland scotland there will be more cloud around. more of the breezes will across the far north—west starting to show its head some rain, into the outer hebrides. tomorrow the rain continues to exams. slowly southwards, not making a huge amount of progress but glad ahead of it will build across the west of scotla nd will build across the west of scotland and parts of northern ireland. the fog that we have, like today, will be slow to clear. some that will not clear at all. again, an adverse impact on temperatures. into the south—west and west wales, parts of north—west england northern ireland, north—east scotland, these are both test areas for sunshine. now he waves in prospect, however. again we look at low temperatures.

across northern ireland and scotland, a band of rain coming in off the atlantic.k in between to weather fronts. in this form sector we will have cloud, drizzle around the coast and hills. it will stay quite windy but the big wedge of yellow is mild air so that is what we have for christmas day. temperatures up to 15 degrees stop it will not be a white christmas but a warm one. a band of rain pushing through late in the day and that means over high scottish mountains, as we go through the night—time, we could see a bit of snow returning to the high ground. hello everyone. the headlines: shock, as donald trump tweets that the united states needs to expand its nuclear capability. police say they have foiled a plot to mount a series of terror attacks in melbourne on christmas day. five men are under arrest. philippine president duterte is to be investigated for human rights abuses after claiming he killed a drug suspect. and we look at the lengths that people go to in search of a white christmas in singapore.

across scotland and northern ireland it is a different story, a touch of frost.ng this weather front through in that election of scotland and northern ireland, so we are in for some rain here, a bit of sunshine developing across england and wales. that last calm day, if you like. and then from tuesday night and certainly through wednesday, gale force winds that are really ramping up in the atlantic, they will push this first weather front through. this is a cold front. hide it comes a shot of cold air. we get some snow showers across the hills of scotland and then some sunshine as well stop gale force winds midweek. still for a time relatively mild across the south, and then from thursday, friday, saturday into sunday, the weather is just going to go up and down, up and down. remember it could be even disruptive. we did not want to hear that. that is all from us. now on bbc one begin joined the bbc‘s news teams where you are. goodbye. this is bbc news. the headlines. russia's ambassador to turkey has been shot dead. at the scene, the gunman shouted his support fo