stefanie bolzen, polly toynbee, henry chu, thank you all very much. to see you as well back home, whether you're throwing things at the television or not, the fact that you're watching or listening we really appreciate that. back same time next weekend, from dateline london. goodbye. after the frosty morning most of us are in for a pretty decent afternoon. here is a reminder of how cold it got, at least in some spots. minus seven degrees last night in wales and sennybridge, making it the coldest april night in nine years. even in london, temperatures were well below freezing. how about the outlook? bright weather today, but rain is expected tomorrow. the rain will already reach parts of scotland and northern ireland later on this afternoon. this is the picture for the first part of the day, sunny spells and a few showers across england and wales but the rain spreading into scotland and just about nudging into northern ireland as well. around 10 degrees for most of us the high. tonight, a different picture compared to last night, you can see cloud and

stefanie bolzen, polly toynbee, henry chu, thank you all very much. as well back home, whether you're throwing things at the television or not, the fact that you're watching or listening and we really appreciate that. back same time next weekend. from dateline london, goodbye. hello there. looks like being a much milder start to the week. some rain around as well. we have a warm sector bringing higher temperatures and a lot of cloud, but we start frost—free in the morning, temperatures from 6 in the south—east of england to a mild io celsius in scotland and northern ireland. still some rain moving south across england and wales, which will move away leaving damp, drizzly weather for western hills and coasts, and a lot of cloud. some further rain in northern ireland and western scotland. eastern scotland should be a bit drier and brighter. on the whole, cloudy skies on monday, breezy but mild, temperatures typically 12—14. for many parts of the country on tuesday, a milder air mass, and colder across northern scotland. we have a zone of thick cloud and

stefanie bolzen, polly toynbee, henry chu, thank you all very much.as well back home, whether you're throwing things at the television or not, the fact that you're watching or listening we really appreciate that. back same time next weekend, from dateline london. goodbye. hello, there. another cold day on saturday but not as bitter as it has been because the wind was not as strong. we started with blue skies and a frost but as the day went by we had clouds building to bring scattered showers and even some hailstorms. for quite a few of you the weather is going to follow a similar pattern on sunday. right now we have clear skies for the majority. temperatures already below freezing. in the first part of sunday morning, a widespread and sharp frost, temperatures down to “4 in some towns and cities. there could be one or two icy stretches around first thing. for many of you, a lovely start to the day if somewhat cold. blue skies and plenty of sunshine. through the day, cloud bubbling up in england and wales and we may see some showers, the odd one with h

polly toynbee, who writes a weekly column for the british newspaper, the guardian.he home front during world war two, posters admonished civilians �*careless talk costs lives'. could it in this war, too? us presidentjoe biden's howl of anger in warsaw last weekend — "for god's sake, this man cannot remain in power!" — was greeted with horror by america's allies. they fear that if vladimir putin thinks regime change is nato's ambition, the chance of a negotiated peace will be lost. on the russian side this week, careful, deliberate callibrated talk — talk of "a decision to radically, by a large margin, reduce military activity in the kyiv" area. more of that in a minute. let us start with the news that has been around affecting germany but other european countries as well over the last couple of days. was there a threat by putin to switch off the gas if he did not get paid in roubles? ., , ., , roubles? for the time being he does not look like — roubles? for the time being he does not look like he _ roubles? for the time being he does not look like he will _ roubles?

my guests today are thomas kielinger of die welt, polly toynbee of the guardian, mina al—oraibi of asharqstress hearing later on that the bbc is thinking of cutting it. i believe that this is a unique, niche programme unlike any other news programme on the bbc. and i know the bbc are saying that we can watchjohn simpson, which is a new programme, but he speaks purely to experts from the bbc, it is notjournalists from around the world telling us what they think, and their countries think, of britain. and i think it would be tragic if this programme was cut. it's a short programme, once a week, it can't possibly cost enough money for the bbc to be thinking of stopping it. thanks to beth hutchings for that. well, nick guthrie, who edits the programme, has said publicly he feels it would be a tragedy to cancel it now, as audiences cry out for clarity. and we do hope to explore the fate of dateline london further with a bbc executive in the next few weeks. do let us know your thoughts on anything we are covering in this week's programme or on any aspect of bbc news. details of how to contact u