temperatures, though, still on the low side across the northern isles whilst elsewhere it is mild. above the average for this time of year, 5—8 c. monday evening and overnight at the weather front may push further southwards allowing that colder air and the risk of frost with some mice following the rain to establish itself across scotland. but elsewhere it stays mild, it stays windy and pretty cloudy with wetter weather coming into southern scotland, northern ireland and northern england by the end of the night for the start of tuesday. to the south of that still mild and largely dry but murkier with the hills and the rain makes its way southwards during the day and could give a bit of snow over the high ground of northern england and northern ireland as the cold air starts to dig in. there is lots of uncertainty thereafter, even after the weather front clears away temporarily we could see the next areas of low pressure spinning up into the cold air giving us rain and wind but also potentially some disruptive snowfall as well. so a lot of uncertainty mid week. please stay tuned to

still, that cold air with us in the northern isles. misty and murky around the coast and the hills in western areas, elsewhere. but it might be that there'll be a few brighter spells breaking through because, again, it's a strong and gusty wind that's blowing for the most part during the day on monday. temperatures, though, still on the low side across the northern isles, whilst elsewhere it is mild — temperatures well above the average for this time of year, which is five to eight degrees. now, as we go through monday evening and overnight, that weather front may well start to push further southwards, allowing that colder air and the risk of frost with some ice following the rain to establish itself across scotland. but elsewhere it stays mild, it stays windy and pretty cloudy, with wetter weather coming into southern scotland, northern ireland, northern england by the end of the night and for the start of tuesday. to the south of that, still mild and largely dry but murky over the hills, and that rain makes its way southwards during

still, that cold air with us in the northern isles.try. but again, that rain is still with us throughout the course of monday. very misty and murky around the coast and the hills in western areas, elsewhere. but it might be that there'll be a few brighter spells breaking through because, again, it's a strong and gusty wind that's blowing for the most part during the day on monday. temperatures, though, still on the low side across the northern isles, whilst elsewhere it is mild — temperatures well above the average for this time of year, which is five to eight degrees. now, as we go through monday evening and overnight, that weather front may well start to push further southwards, allowing that colder air and the risk of frost with some ice following the rain to establish itself across scotland. but elsewhere it stays mild, it stays windy and pretty cloudy, with wetter weather coming into southern scotland, northern ireland, northern england by the end of the night and for the start of tuesday. to the south of that, still mild and larg

although lingering across parts of the north—east of aberdeenshire and in towards the northern isles.nd you will see some sunshine and temperatures up to around 10 or 11 degrees. and then through sunday evening and sunday night, we start to see largely dry and clear conditions, and that means it will be colder than overnight saturday into sunday. so this is tomorrow night, sunday night. you can see temperatures there in towns and cities but across parts of northern england and scotland, a touch of frost in the countryside. to monday, low pressure situated to the north—west, and we are dragging in some rather cool air from the north—west. so showers pushing in through parts of scotland, could well be wintry on higher ground, a number of showers in towards northern ireland as well. but elsewhere for much of england and wales, it's a dry and a fine day. it will be a chilly start, mind, a touch of frost here and there, but by the afternoon, temperatures up to 9 or 10 celsius. cooler further north. and then from tuesday onwards we start to see a shift, because the wind is changing directio

the northern isles should stay in if the brighter, showery, colder weather with showers still coming. warning run through saturday evening and overnight so wait for much of thunder and there will be some snow as it hits the cold weather. for most are predominantly mild night sunday into monday. frost in the north and east and away the snow is falling. rain continues to fall through monday. a good couple of inches at lower levels. double if not triple over the higher ground. really very wet. flooding impacts but remaining mild. temperatures are normally around 17. brisk wind further south and cloud laden westerly. some drizzle around over the coast and hills. by tuesday, the cold air taking hold further north, wintry showers, possibly to lower levels. a today with thicker cloud for parts of northern england, northern ireland, in. aftera northern england, northern ireland, in. after a colder start, we should see this next area of low pressure. that could pose a risk of snow into the northern edge and some rain further south. an ongoing battle between the chilly air, and that milder atla

cleared, although lingering across parts of the north—east of aberdeenshire and in towards the northern islesround 10 or 11 degrees. and then through sunday evening and sunday night, we start to see largely dry and clear conditions, and that means it will be colder than overnight saturday to sunday. so this is tomorrow night, sunday night. you can see temperatures there in towns and cities, but across parts of the north of england and scotland, a touch of frost in the countryside. to monday — a low pressure situated to the north—west, and we're dragging in some rather cool air from the north—west. so those showers pushing in through parts of scotland could well be wintry on the higher ground. a number of showers in towards northern ireland as well. but elsewhere, for much of england and wales, it's a dry and a fine day. it will be a chilly start, mind, a touch of frost here and there, but by afternoon, temperatures up to around nine or 10 celsius, coolerfurther north. and then from tuesday onwards, we start to see a shift, because the wind is changing direction to more of a south—westerly, so

north—eastern scotland, with us first thing on sunday and tracking its way northwards into the northern islesme decent spells of sunshine and also a few showers coming in on a westerly wind. so, by mid—afternoon, much of that heavy rain has cleared, although lingering across parts of the north—east of aberdeenshire and in towards the northern isles. elsewhere, though, avoid the showers and you will see some sunshine and temperatures up to around 10 or 11 degrees. and then through sunday evening and sunday night, we start to see largely dry and clear conditions, and that means it will be colder than overnight saturday into sunday. so this is tomorrow night, sunday night. you can see temperatures there in towns and cities, but across parts of northern england and scotland, a touch of frost in the countryside. to monday, a low pressure situated to the north—west, and we're dragging in some rather cool air from the north—west. so showers pushing in through parts of scotland, could well be wintry on higher ground. a number of showers in towards northern ireland as well. but elsewhere, for much of

although lingering across parts of the north—east of aberdeenshire and in towards the northern isles. and temperatures up to around 10 or 11 degrees. and then through sunday evening and sunday night, we start to see largely dry and clear conditions, and that means it will be colder than overnight saturday into sunday. so this is tomorrow night, sunday night. you can see temperatures there in towns and cities but across parts of northern england and scotland, a touch of frost in the countryside. to monday, low pressure situated to the north—west, and we are dragging in some rather cool air from the north—west. so showers pushing in through parts of scotland, could well be wintry on higher ground, a number of showers in towards northern ireland as well. but elsewhere for much of england and wales, it's a dry and a fine day. it will be a chilly start, mind, a touch of frost here and there, but by the afternoon, temperatures up to 9 or 10 celsius. cooler further north. and then from tuesday onwards we start to see a shift, because the wind is changing direction to more of a south—westerly

cleared, although lingering across parts of the north—east of aberdeenshire and in towards the northern islesugh, avoid the showers and you'll see some sunshine and temperatures up to around 10 or 11 degrees. and then through sunday evening and sunday night, we start to see largely dry and clear conditions, and that means it will be colder than overnight saturday to sunday. so this is tomorrow night, sunday night. you can see temperatures there in towns and cities, but across parts of the north of england and scotland, a touch of frost in the countryside. to monday — a low pressure situated to the north—west, and we're dragging in some rather cool air from the north—west. so those showers pushing in through parts of scotland could well be wintry on the higher ground. a number of showers in towards northern ireland as well. but elsewhere, for much of england and wales, it's a dry and a fine day. it will be a chilly start, mind, a touch of frost here and there, but by afternoon, temperatures up to around nine or 10 celsius, coolerfurther north. and then from tuesday onwards, we start to see a s

although lingering across parts of the north—east of aberdeenshire and in towards the northern isles.l see some sunshine and temperatures up to around 10 or 11 degrees. and then through sunday evening and sunday night, we start to see largely dry and clear conditions, and that means it will be colder than overnight saturday into sunday. so this is tomorrow night, sunday night. you can see temperatures there in towns and cities but across parts of northern england and scotland, a touch of frost in the countryside. to monday, low pressure situated to the north—west, and we are dragging in some rather cool air from the north—west. so showers pushing in through parts of scotland, could well be wintry on higher ground, a number of showers in towards northern ireland as well. but elsewhere for much of england and wales, it's a dry and a fine day. it will be a chilly start, mind, a touch of frost here and there, but by the afternoon, temperatures up to 9 or 10 celsius. cooler further north. and then from tuesday onwards we start to see a shift, because the wind is changing direction to more

still have weather fronts in the forecast, but it's all at the very far north of scotland, the northern islesother cloudy and wet day. again, we've got the rain pushing north, more rain coming in across the southwest, some brighter skies in between. but it's the temperature that will be the talking point because on thursday, somewhere in the southeast could hit 16 or 17. but the milder air continuing to track that bit further north. then as we move on into friday, the rain clears away from the east. we've got a ridge of high pressure building in. there'll be variable amounts of cloud, but even so, we'll see some breaks in that cloud with a few showers scattered in the west, particularly west wales. and temperatures slipping a little bit but still up to 1a. live from london. this is bbc news as smoke rises above the rafah crossing, ceasefire negotiations are due to take place across the border in cairo, involving american, egyptian, israeli and qatari officials. 0n patrol when air strikes hit... we'll bring you a special report on the work and lives of the paramedics responding to gaza's emerg

all the time, some mountain snow as well, because the cold air is still established across the northern islesather here. further south, isles. some wintry weather here. furthersouth, much isles. some wintry weather here. further south, much milder. isles. some wintry weather here. furthersouth, much milder. in isles. some wintry weather here. further south, much milder. in fact, windy, breezy, mild, misty and murky over hills and coasts exposed to the strong and gusty south—westerly wind, once again a strong wind blowing. a better chance of a few breaks in the cloud and it is again mild as you can see for the most part except for the final. temperatures well above the average. but then through monday night and into tuesday it could be that the cold air starts to travel further south, some wintry showers in scotland, rain heading into southern scotland, rain heading into southern scotland, northern ireland, northern england, and again through the rain band the south mostly mild but perhaps the risk of some frost and ice to start across scotland on tuesday morning and some sunshine returning bu

yorkshire, still a little bit colder the other side of the weather front in scotland and the northern islesir there just in the north of the uk. and then the outlook — so this is really for the rest of the week into the weekend and even into next week. it's a general trend here for these milder air masses to sweep in off the atlantic. so pretty stable temperatures, maybe as high as 16 but generally around 13—14 celsius. in the south of the country, closer to single figures — around average in the north of the uk. bye— bye. welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm arunoday mukharji. lets get you the headlines. the un urges israel against military action in the overcrowded city of rafah. over a million palestinians have sought refuge in the city from israeli bombardment across gaza. as fears grow of an offensive in rafah, us presidentjoe biden says they are working on a hostage deal as he hosts jordan's king abdullah at the white house in the uk — the labour party says it's withdrawing support for its candidate in a by—election in rochdale, after spending much of the day defendi

yorkshire, still a little bit colder the other side of the weather front in scotland and the northern islesy colder air there just in the north of the uk. and then the outlook, so this is really for the rest of the week into the weekend, and even into next week. it's a general trend here for these milder air masses to sweep in off the atlantic. so pretty stable temperatures, maybe as high as 16, but generally around 13 or 1a in the south of the country. closer to single figures, around average, in the north of the uk. bye— bye. live from washington. this is bbc news. the king ofjordan meets with president biden for talks to broker peace in the israel—gaza war, as king abdullah calls for an immediate ceasefire. israel rescues two of its hostages in a raid on the gazan city of rafah — but leaves dozens of civilians dead. and joe biden joins tiktok — as the 81—year—old president looks to win support from young americans. diplomatic pressure on israel is rising after the israel defence forces intensified strikes in southern gaza overnight. in a joint appearance with king abdullah ofjordan, us p

the very end northern isles. sunday for shetland, and also some frequent showers for some quite frequent showers for parts of northern ireland, western scotland turning wintry over areas over higher ground areas throughout the night. but elsewhere are some clear elsewhere there are some clear spells in between showers. spells in between those showers. underneath clear underneath those clear skies, though, temperatures take though, temperatures will take a little of tumble down little bit of a tumble down into low figures. many low single figures. for many of us, frost in rural us, a patchy frost in rural spots, some stretches spots, maybe some icy stretches around. first thing in the morning. generally monday is morning. but generally monday is a of sunshine and showers. a day of sunshine and showers. those showers will be most frequent north frequent over towards the north and west, with some quite blustery at times. blustery winds around at times. those the and the those towards the east and the south, likely t

yorkshire, still a little bit colder the other side of the weather front in scotland and the northern islesthen the outlook, so this is really for the rest of the week into the weekend, and even into next week. it's a general trend here for these milder air masses to sweep in off the atlantic. so pretty stable temperatures, maybe as high as 16, but generally around 13 or 14 in the south of the country. closer to single figures, around average, in the north of the uk. bye— bye. this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines at the top of the hour, as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from new york city, i'm stephen sackur. americans are bracing themselves for a rerun of trump versus biden in the coming presidential election. now, that is a matchup that many americans have little enthusiasm for. but what is the alternative? well, my guest today wants to be that alternative. cornel west is a writer, an academic, a civil rights and an anti—war activist. he's launched his own bid for the presidency, and while he's unlikely to win, could it be that his presence will tip t

cooler in the northern isles at six degrees.front will sweep south and east and grind to a halt, it is proving a headache just at the timing of the clearance of the rain. but it could linger first thing across the south—east and east anglia, behind it quite a clearance. for the second half of sunday, drier, it should be brighter and still those temperatures above where they should be for the time offier. 10 to 14 they should be for the time offier. 10 to iii degrees. messy as we move into next week. but not a bad start. for most mild, some sunshine around on monday, turning wet and windy and cooler as we go through the week. thanks, louise. and that's bbc news at six. now it's time to join our colleagues for the news where you are. have a good evening. goodbye. welcome to sportsday. ben duckett leads from the front with one of the quickest test centuries ever seen in india. could be a change to the top of the women super league tonight if manchester city win by two goals at chelsea. and is he really going anywhere else but real?

to the south and east, that will really take the edge off the temperatures, very windy for the northern islesder than that in the south—east when you factor in that strong north—easterly breeze. as we head through monday night, clearer skies for england and wales with the breeze tending to die down. it turns wetter, windier and cloudier for scotland and northern ireland, so here less cold than it will be across england and wales, where we will have again a frost, perhaps even a few mist and fog patches around to start the day. tuesday, we see this weather front pushing southwards and eastwards across the country, it will be weakening as it pushes into that ridge of high pressure. some heavy rain likely across scotland and northern ireland for a time, maybe some snow on the hills, that weather front weakens as it pushes into england and wales, so a rather cloudy afternoon here. brighter for scotland and northern ireland into the afternoon, but there will be some blustery showers and these will have a wintry element to them, temperatures range from 7—10. looks like it remains unsettled for the

still have weather fronts in the forecast, but it�*s all at the very far north of scotland, the northern islest�*s another cloudy and wet day. again, we�*ve got the rain pushing north, more rain coming in across the southwest, some brighter skies in between. but it�*s the temperature that will be the talking point because on thursday, somewhere in the southeast could hit 16 or 17. but the milder air continuing to track that bit further north. then as we move on into friday, the rain clears away from the east. we�*ve got a ridge of high pressure building in. there�*ll be variable amounts of cloud, but even so, we�*ll see some breaks in that cloud with a few showers scattered in the west, particularly west wales. and temperatures slipping a little bit but still up to 1a. unemployment falls in the uk. what does this mean for the struggling economy? bitcoin crosses $50,000 for the first time in more than two years. we�*ll find out why. welcome to world business report. we start with some important news from right here in the uk. wages grew by 6.2% in the last three months of last year, compared to

the colder air further north and we could have a spell of snow over the hills and then into the northern isles pressure influencing our weather here, so keeping it largely dry, still quite a lot of cloud, though, because we're pulling in all that wind off the atlantic. so, moisture—laden. but the wettest weather by far will still be in the north, hence the risk of some flooding. to the north of that, we've still got that cold air. but for most parts of the uk, once again, the start of the week very mild. fog around the coasts and over the hills, which is very typical with this sort of wind direction. now, by tuesday, ourweatherfront does start to push a little bit further southwards. and behind it, there's some colder air. but that cold, warm air battle is going to take place across the uk, we think, during the week and, eventually, it looks like it'll get colder towards next weekend, but that's a long way off. and in the meantime, in—between, we're going to see some wetter weather. the warnings, as ever, are on our website. bye— bye. live from london, this is bbc news. northern ireland's devo

the colder air further north and we could have a spell of snow over the hills and then into the northern isles, so keeping it largely dry. still quite a lot of cloud, though, because we're pulling in all that wind off the atlantic. so, moisture—laden. but the wettest weather by far will still be in the north, hence the risk of some flooding. to the north of that, we've still got that cold air. but for most parts of the uk, once again, the start of the week, very mild. fog around the coasts and over the hills, which is very typical with this sort of wind direction. now, by tuesday, ourweatherfront does start to push a little bit further southwards. and behind it, there's some colder air. but that cold, warm air battle is going to take place across the uk, we think, during the week and, eventually, it looks like it'll get colder towards next weekend, but that's a long way off. and in the meantime, in—between, we're going to see some wetter weather. the warnings, as ever, are on our website. bye— bye. this is bbc news, the headlines... northern ireland's devolved government has been restored and

to the south and east, that will really take the edge off the temperatures, very windy for the northern islesfeel colder than that in the south—east when you factor in that strong north—easterly breeze. as we head through monday night, clearer skies for england and wales with the breeze tending to die down. it turns wetter, windier and cloudier for scotland and northern ireland, so here less cold than it will be across england and wales, where we will have again a frost, perhaps even a few mist and fog patches around to start the day. tuesday, we see this weather front pushing southwards and eastwards across the country, it will be weakening as it pushes into that ridge of high pressure. some heavy rain likely across scotland and northern ireland for a time, maybe some snow on the hills, that weather front weakens as it pushes into england and wales, so a rather cloudy afternoon here. brighter for scotland and northern ireland into the afternoon, but there will be some blustery showers and these will have a wintry element to them, temperatures range from 7—10. looks like it remains unsettled

yorkshire, still a little bit colder the other side of the weather front in scotland and the northern islesthen the outlook, so this is really for the rest of the week into the weekend, and even into next week. it's a general trend here for these milder air masses to sweep in off the atlantic. so pretty stable temperatures, maybe as high as 16, but generally around 13 or 16 in the south of the country. closer to single figures, around average, in the north of the uk. bye— bye. live from london. this is bbc news. president biden urges israel not to carry out a big assault into rafah — where more than a million palestinians have been displaced. he says they need to be protected. labour suspends its rochdale by—election candidate, azhar ali, as more details emerge about the comments he made about israel. the german chancellor calls for a massive increase in the european production of armaments. and in rio dejaneiro, the celebrations continue as the final parade of the carnival takes place. hello, i'm mark lobel. president biden has appealed for the more thani million palestinians sheltering in

yorkshire, still a little bit colder the other side of the weather front in scotland and the northern islesok, so this is really for the rest of the week into the weekend, and even into next week. it's a general trend here for these milder air masses to sweep in off the atlantic. so pretty stable temperatures, maybe as high as 16, but generally around 13 or 1a in the south of the country. closer to single figures, around average, in the north of the uk. bye— bye. bitcoin bounce: the cryptocurrency tops $50,000 for the first time in two years. and indonesians prepare to head to the polls — in one of the most tightly contested elections in years. we look at how unemployment is likely to impact voters. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm arunoday mukharji. lets start by talking about the bitcoin bounce. the world's largest cryptocurrency topped 50 thousand dollars for the first time in more than two years on monday — the latest sign of a massive rebound for the crypto sector. so what's behind the rally? 0ur correspondent michelle fleury has more from new york. if you had invested $8

yorkshire, still a little bit colder the other side of the weather front in scotland and the northern islesek into the weekend, and even into next week. it's a general trend here for these milder air masses to sweep in off the atlantic. so pretty stable temperatures, maybe as high as 16, but generally around 13 or 14 in the south of the country. closer to single figures, around average, in the north of the uk. bye— bye. heightened security in india's capital. and we look at how unemployment is likely to impact voters in indonesia. police in delhi have imposed a month long ban on public gatherings ahead of a planned march on the indian capital on tuesday by thousands of farmers. farmers from more than 200 unions plan to converge on the city on tractors reminiscent of the protests in 2021. we now go to mumbai. memories still fresh from the protests in 2021. what the farmers want and how has the farmers want and how has the government responded? the government responded ? essentially, the government responded? essentially, the farmers are demanding minimum support prices they get for their

yorkshire, still a little bit colder the other side of the weather front in scotland and the northern isles of the uk. and then the outlook, so this is really for the rest of the week into the weekend, and even into next week. it's a general trend here for these milder air masses to sweep in off the atlantic. so pretty stable temperatures, maybe as high as 16, but generally around 13 or iii in the south of the country. closer to single figures, around average, in the north of the uk. bye— bye. good morning, welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and sally nugent. our headlines today. labour suspends its rochdale by—election candidate, azhar ali, as more details emerge about the comments he made about israel. president biden describes 1.5 million palestinians sheltering in the city of rafah, in southern gaza, as exposed and vulnerable, and warns israel they need to be protected. the ymca says the number of youth centres run by local authorities in england has halved in the last ten years. the brand that brought us white musk, dewberry spray, peppermint foot cream. but is it time to say bye—b

yorkshire, still a little bit colder the other side of the weather front in scotland and the northern isles of the uk. and then the outlook, so this is really for the rest of the week into the weekend, and even into next week. it's a general trend here for these milder air masses to sweep in off the atlantic. so pretty stable temperatures, maybe as high as 16, but generally around 13 or ia in the south of the country. closer to single figures, around average, in the north of the uk. bye— bye. this is bbc news. the latest uk jobs data are expected shortly. what will they tell us about our struggling economy? and what about the jobs market in indonesia? that's the primary concern of young voters ahead of the presidential electon. bitcoin crosses 50 thousand dollars for the first time in more than two years. we'll explore what's driving the rally. and it's pancake day — we'll take a look at the importance of shrove tuesday to the restaurant trade. uk employment and wages will be released at 7am gmt this morning. that's injust under 90 minutes time. there have been some recent changes and rewei

yorkshire, still a little bit colder the other side of the weather front in scotland and the northern isles, so this is really for the rest of the week into the weekend, and even into next week. it's a general trend here for these milder air masses to sweep in off the atlantic. so pretty stable temperatures, maybe as high as 16, but generally around 13 or 1a in the south of the country. closer to single figures, around average, in the north of the uk. bye— bye. this is bbc news. we'll have your headlines after this programme. welcome to hard talk from new york. the two—year anniversary of vladimir putin's all—out invasion of ukraine is fast approaching. the ensuing conflict has exposed deep geopolitical division here at united nations headquarters. it's also exposed deep political division within the united states. further american economic assistance is blocked by those on capitol hill. does kyiv now feel betrayed? ambassador, welcome to hard talk.

band of rain continues to push its northwards the its way northwards across the northern up the northern isles the stream that westerly flow stream to that westerly flow of air, so showers continuing to push particularly push their way in, particularly for of scotland northern for areas of scotland northern ireland could turn wintry with some the higher ground some snow over the higher ground areas, a decent areas, but there's also a decent amount spells amount of clear spells developing overnight. and with that be that it means it will be a chilly night to come low chilly at night to come low single figures many of us, single figures for many of us, but those clear spells but with those clear spells they'll decent amount they'll also be a decent amount of to kick off. monday of sunshine to kick off. monday morning as particularly if morning as well, particularly if you towards the you are further towards the east. staying drier east. generally staying drier with cloud with some fair weather cloud into afternoon. showers into the afternoon. the showers will always be most frequent and heaviest

of wind of a0 mph front of the far north—east of scotland is not quite as mild an in fact the northern isleshat, keeping us on our toes for the timing of the rain in the south—east corner but it means a different start a sunday morning. this is the early hours on sunday and you can see how heavy the rain is, through the midlands and into the south—east, hopefully easing off by around ten o'clock, 11 o'clock on sunday morning. but it needs a grey and wet start to sunday, right at skies and a few scattered showers following behind but not a bad end to sunday afternoon for most of us. top temperatures are likely to be between ten and 1a celsius, still mild again. thanks, louise. and that's bbc news at ten. newsnight is just getting under way on bbc two with katie razzall. on bbc one, it's time tojoin our colleagues

yorkshire, still a little bit colder the other side of the weather front in scotland and the northern isles outlook — so this is really for the rest of the week into the weekend and even into next week. it's a general trend here for these milder air masses to sweep in off the atlantic. so pretty stable temperatures, maybe as high as 16 but generally around 13—14 celsius. in the south of the country, closer to single figures — around average in the north of the uk. bye— bye. welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm arunoday mukharji. lets get you the headlines.. the un urges israel against military action in the overcrowded city of rafah. over a million palestinians have sought refuge in the city from israeli bombardment across gaza as fears grow of an offensive in rafah, us presidentjoe biden says they are working on a hostage deal as he hosts jordan's king abdullah at the white house in the uk — the labour party says it's withdrawing support for its candidate in a by—election in rochdale, after spending much of the day defending its decision to stand by him. and in brazil — r

still have weather fronts in the forecast, but it's all but the very far north of scotland, the northern isles more rain coming in across the southwest, some brighter skies in between. but it's the temperature that will be the talking point because on thursday, somewhere in the southeast could hit 16 or 17. but the milder air continuing to track that bit further north. then as we move on into friday, the rain clears away from the east. we've got a ridge of high pressure building in. there'll be variable amounts of cloud. but even so, we'll see some breaks in that cloud with a few showers scattered in the west, particularly west wales and temperatures slipping a little bit but still up to 14. this is bbc news, the headlines... president biden urges israel not to carry out a big assault into rafah — where more than a million palestinians have been displaced — he says they need to be protected. labour suspends its rochdale by—election candidate, azhar ali, as more details emerge about the comments he made about israel. the german chancellor calls for a massive increase in the european production