best of the sunshine across yorkshire, lancashire, the lakes into northern ireland, some in scotla nd some in scotland but still breezy across the western democrat western isles with showers there. that rain is spreading across the south through the course of tomorrow afternoon and evening. thursday's weather map shows this low pressure giving us a headache in terms of how much rain and wind is in fact heading our way, but it does look as though thursday morning is looking grotty across the country, cloud and snow across the pan ines and the southern highlands of scotland. sunshine in the middle of scotland. sunshine in the middle of the day, then more rain swings into the southwest. it could be quite windy, although i'm hedging my bets a bit here. big temperature contrast, 13 celsius in london, 3-5dc in contrast, 13 celsius in london, 3—5dc in the north. a mixed picture for those of us on wednesday, but we are confident that by friday, the skies will clear and you can see sunshine all the way from plymouth, liverpool into the democrat and bro. the next weather front heading for us fr

such as the uk dragging scotla nd the uk.f circumstances. the snp's party at the selection was not for another vote on independence, it was to stop brexit. you said no to another independence referendum and lost more than half of your mps. what is clear from the discussion is that only the scottish conservatives are the true unionist party. the labour party will acquiesce to any demand for another referendum.” party will acquiesce to any demand for another referendum. i will have to leave you chatting amongst yourselves. this issue will go on and on. thank you very much for speaking to us today. thank you very much, vicki young, leave them all talking. much more coming up. we will leave you with a look at the weather. it has been a stormy start to the week, but today many areas can draw breath. we still have low pressure close to the north of the uk, wind is still fairly strong. but hazier to half of the uk. down towards the south—east, there has been a weatherfront, a lingering, gradually working its way down towards the sou

that will bring outbreaks of rain that could be quite heavy moving through northern ireland scotla ndhen moving into the afternoon and into wales and in them. it will be cloudy and drizzly day. to the north—west of the uk and northern ireland and scotla nd of the uk and northern ireland and scotland should bison up through the afternoon. sunshine and showers and temperatures between nine and 11 degrees. quite a windy day but not as windy as tuesday. this deep low— pressure as windy as tuesday. this deep low—pressure system will pass through the north—west of the british isles and bring some very strong winds but also soccer up some very mild airfrom the —— microsoft up very mild airfrom the —— microsoft up some mild air. the further south and east you are, you are looking at some decent weather. but elsewhere spells of rain. gusts of 70 to 75 miles per likely across parts of scotla nd miles per likely across parts of scotland but it will also be gusty to the eastern side of the pennines. but these other temperatures, 13 to 15, may be 16 degrees. many of us will lose that mild feel as

still got the rain across scotla nd anglia.ross scotland and northern ireland, heaviest over the hills and it will move its way further south would slowly, bringing wet weather to the cumbria fells and into snowdonia. the rain turning more showery, eventually, in scotland and northern ireland as the winds starter is through the afternoon. it stays blustery across england and wales, gales likely in some places. while there, though, across many parts of there, though, across many parts of the uk with difficult temperatures 11,12, the uk with difficult temperatures 11, 12, maybe even 13 degrees. that band of rain is going to sweep its way south eastwards during saturday night. drawing in behind it some cool air with sunshine and showers. the last of the rainbow clear away from the south—east corner early on sunday and there we have this crop of showers running through wales, the midlands, could be heavy for a while, easing down in the afternoon, sometime for scotland and northern ireland, showers mainly in the north—west but they

in the north—west of scotla nd strong winds.rs in eastern and southern areas, but most will stay dry. widespread gills in the south. those wins will be incredibly mild ones. it will bring tempers up to around 50 degrees and 16 celsius in scotland. that milder air is swept of the night as we go into wednesday. not much rain as we go to southern and eastern areas at this stage. see more wet and windy weather before dry and colder 00:14:35,812 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 conditions for the weekend. this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at seven: the body of the iranian general — assasinated by the us on iraqi soil — is returned as boris johnson says "we will not lament" his death and calls for de—escalation from all sides. donald trump warns that america has a list of 52 targets if iran decides to retaliate. his secretary of state says the president will never shy away from protecting his country. the american people should know that every target that we strike will be a lawful target and it will be a target designed wi

for scotla nd wales and northern england. for scotland not just wales and northern england. snow, also pushing down into lower elevations bringing the risk of some destructive weather. cold night with patches of frost bringing risk of icy stretches. these are the areas most at risk of snow. high ground of wales, northern england and northern ireland but for scotla nd england and northern ireland but for scotland we are likely to seek the biggest issues with five centimetres building in across a lower elevations, especially in the east. more than that over the hills. it could also be the ice that causes you problems first thing. for tuesday, an improving picture, sunshine and showers. the cold air continuing to fit in, showers continue to be wintry with further snow accumulating in the highlands of scotland. you're watching beyond 100 days. a leaked manuscript, accusations of quid pro quo, senators on edge. the impeachment trial of donald trump enters day six with a lot of drama. could revelations from a former white house official change things in the senate? john bolton was

getting close to double figures of cross parts of scotla nd double figures of cross parts of scotland and northern ireland. the lesson was on such a lengthy dry speu lesson was on such a lengthy dry spell was back in september. —— the last time we saw such a lengthy dry spell. for the middle part of the week, once again, quite a bit of cloud around. as part of sunshine will be for eastern counties of scotla nd will be for eastern counties of scotland and eglin. temperatures coming down by day. to some of the week, a dried spell for many, some frosty nights at first, gradually turning of the bit milder but also some mist and fog. bye—bye. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: the queen attends church near sandringham after reaching an agreement with prince harry and meghan over their future. what of the guys have agreed to uphold a un weapons embargo in libya in an effort to end a years of conflict. video footage and the dues of another car being driven on the wrong side of the road close to where harry dunn died. china is banning plastic bags in its main cities by the end of the year

that weather front goes to the north—east of scotla nd weather front goes to the north—east of scotlandewhere on thursday night, cloudy and largely frost free. friday, very similar with a lot of cloud. we could see mist and murk with a bit of drizzle in places and the winds for most will be like. that's the last of those very cloudy days as we start to a change to the weather out of friday and into saturday. high pressure retreats to the near continent and we see low pressure to the north and west. with the breeze picking up, especially in scotland and northern ireland, we start to see sunshine but this weather front will bring rain to the hebrides and the north—west mainland scotland later perhaps. elsewhere quite a bit of around but because the breeze is picking up, a few bits of brightness here and there with temperatures ranging from 7—10. moving through saturday night, low pressure pushes across the country along with its weather front and that will bring a band of rain too many. more isobars on the chart. on sunday, not windy for us all with our weather fronts spreading east with

the rent and saw shari in scotla nd snow.t says very windy across england and wales. a strong gale force wind here. as we have seen it as mild as a form most parts of the country double—figure temperatures, perhaps as high as 12 or 13 degrees. the weather front bringing that brand of rain will sweep its way down toward south—eastern errors overnight on saturday night, and then leaving behind that, we will find showers coming in on a cooler air stream of that they did. still summary to clear away first thing across the south—east of england, one that goes so we south—east of england, one that goes so we will see a batch of showers coming in across wales to the midlands, those could be rather heavyin midlands, those could be rather heavy in the morning before easing off towards afternoon. further north showers, most of them in opposite scotla nd showers, most of them in opposite scotland rate will be wintry over the hills. back in to cool air on sunday, particularly across the northern half of the uk, still double figures for a

off in a fairly settled note with quite a bit of sunshine around across england, wales and eastern scotlaeastern scotland and it has all been down to high—pressure. it is still with us through wednesday but we will see certain changes where we are losing the colder blue air there. off the atla ntic the colder blue air there. off the atlantic and into the orange and yellow colours. for the whole of today, things the high—pressure will be dry come up more moisture will make a cloudier crossing than in wales. we will see a lot more cloud around, the best of any brightness will be across eastern scotland where we will have shelter from the south—westerly wind. there may be a brighter spell for the south but mist and work around two, winds will remain white and there will be nothing to stir up the air. i mounted air like nothing to stir up the air. i mounted airlikei nothing to stir up the air. i mounted air like i showed you, that hermas from a 10—11 degrees and it could be miles across the north—east of scotla nd could be miles across the north—east of scotland with good smells of sunshine.

have a weakening weather front approaching from the north—west which will impact the far north of scotlaact the far north of scotland with rain and drizzle on wednesday. probably try elsewhere, a further 12 pledge, the best of the brea ks further 12 pledge, the best of the breaks likely to the east of high ground, not much of a breeze. —— probably dry elsewhere. on thursday temperatures could be a shade lower, eight or 9 degrees. not bad for the time of year. towards the weekend, another weather front arrives from the atlantic. pressure will be dropping and we will start to see the weather changing. gradually turns more unsettled, the breeze picks up as well, the best chance of rain will be across the north—west of the uk but the weather next week will be very different to what we this week. thanks very much, darren bett. a reminder of our top story: president trump launches a stinging attack on environmentalists, saying they are alarmists and it is time for optimism. hello. the time is 1:33 and i'm ben croucher with a sports update for you. we'll start at the australian open with five b

storm brendan has swept into the uk, battering northern ireland and scotla nd battering northern irelandf more than 90 miles per. there are weather warnings of high wind across much of scotland, with some schools shut and delays to road, rail, ferries and flights. the storm is moving across the rest of the uk this evening. we can talk now to a ship captain who has safely steered his very to some of the worst of that storm. captain matt lynch is on the stain we are grateful for you joining us. could you tell us what happened on the way from holyhead to dublin? good evening and thank you for having me on the show. the weather conditions were very severe, we have been watching them for two or three days now so we timed our departure from holyhead to ensure that we saw storm brendan pass up the irish sea. we timed itjust about perfectly, and were able to make an arrival straight into dublin when the worst of the weather conditions had passed through. did you and the passengers not feel the storm? we did. we experienced sea conditions about 5—6 metres, it is amazing voyage, the first time we

the wind will ease for northern ireland and scotla nd will ease for northern ireland and scotland and it will brighten up here, but starting to feel fresher. away from there, temperatures widely in double figures. very mild for the time of year. this evening, the band of rain continues to the south and east, taking the strongest of the wind. lightest wind in the north, still some showers which could pose an ice risk first thing on sunday morning. here, temperatures lower. with wind and rain, temperatures not dropping so far. on sunday, that will clear south and east, another band of rain were stretched through wales, clearing through the midlands and lincolnshire. brightening up through the afternoon for many, a blustery day and starting to feel fresher. this is bbc news. the headlines: iran admits unintentionally shooting down the ukranian airlines passenger plane killing all 176 people on board because of human error misidentifying it as a cruise missile. ukraine's top security officials say their investigators confronted around with conclusive evidence before they change their posi

scotla nd scotland and northern ireland have had a generally cloudy and breezy day, but sunny and colde going across scotla nd the cloud and a breeze going across scotland and northern ireland, fog becoming quite dense throughout northern ireland and wales, midlands, maybe east anglia the lowest temperatures will be as low as —65 —74 rural parts of england and wales, compared to 8 or 9 for the far north of scotland. high pressure in charge tomorrow, their i fought many, a frontal system introducing more cloud and that you into the far north of scotland later on monday. scotland and northern ireland cloudy and breezy again, fog slow to clear in england and wales, there will be sunshine, again, it could be quite cold where the fog lingers. this is bbc news. i'm at lukwesa burak. the headlines at 7pm... the queen attends church after attending an agreement with prince harry and meghan over the future. the duke and duchess of sussex would only use their hrh titles and will give up their hrh titles and will give up their royal duties i the springs. their hrh titles and will give up their ro

another area of low pressure spinning towards the north—west of scotla nd spinning towards the north—westing more rain and another one following later on as well. so all change next week. hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment, first the headlines: president trump has mounted a strong attack on the climate change movement during a speech to political and business leaders at the world economic forum in switzerland. meanwhile the impeachment trial has begun. the president is charged with abusing the power of his office and obstructing the subsequent enquiry by congress. the nhs in england faces paying out £4.3 billion in legalfees to the nhs in england faces paying out £4.3 billion in legal fees to settle outstanding claims of clinical negligence. the duke and duchess of sussex are threatening to take legal action over photos taken by paparazzi in canada, where they have set up home. and, jess phillips pulls out of the race to be the next labour leader, saying the party need someone who will unite all sides of the movement. hello and welcome

still some showers blowing in across scotla nd still some showers blowing in across scotland where itn mind, more sunshine and not as windy for most so feeling more pleasant. into sunday, told again with a frost on sunday, told again with a frost on sunday morning. again those temperatures at freezing or below and some spots in the countryside at -3 and some spots in the countryside at —3 or —4. after the cold start, looking like a fine day with long spells of sunshine. perhaps more cloud into the north—west of scotla nd cloud into the north—west of scotland and may some rain for the northern ireland. still breezy here with 6— nine. another chilly night for many, especially in the south on sunday night, and the greater chance of fog to take us into monday morning. this is the business briefing, i'm victoria fritz. big data and the climate crisis. how our tech addiction is fuelling global warming, and what silicon valley can do about it. plus: bruised by the trade war, china sees the weakest growth in three decades. but will a truce with us kick—start the recovery? and, on the markets,

that weather front is bringing the rain we are seeing and scotla nd bringing the rain we are seeing andrn ireland now and will continue to bring some rain through saturday. heavy rain again of raid the western health and gradually the rain and switch is southwards and heavy rain in cumbria and later... easing off and turning my salary during the afternoon as when start to ease of bed and very windy across england and wales. he may well stay drive from much of england and temperatures will be on the high side,12 or maybe even 13 degrees stopping the band of rain on the weather front there was slip southeast words during saturday night and southeast words during saturday nightand rain southeast words during saturday night and rain later as it travels southeast or its. —— south east words. still somewhat milder and a little bit of rain to clear away and behind that a cluster of showers coming and through wales and most of them in the morning and fewer showers in the afternoon. further north some sunshine and showers continuing in the northwest and mainly in the northwest of scotland with w

that is the way you ended the day across northern ireland and the north and west of scotla nd irelandll its journey into the rest of the small hours of sunday morning. following on behind, the skies are a bit clearer. the temperatures will dribble away and we will get a conversion of some of these showers from rain into snow above about 300m oi’ from rain into snow above about 300m or $0 from rain into snow above about 300m orso in from rain into snow above about 300m or so in scotland. there will be a peppering of showers getting into the northern england eventually on into northern ireland, where the temperatures will dip away. could be a touch of frost in the north—eastern quarter of scotland. further south, you still have the re m na nts of further south, you still have the remnants of saturday's relatively mild weather. but it means a fairly cloudy start foremost in england and wales. there will be the odd patch of brightness early on and from about lunchtime onwards, here we go. cloud and rain is all gone. one or two showers left behind, still wintry across the high ground of no

there will be some gaps overnight again to the near high grounds in the north corner of scotla nd groundsble away, it would be a particularly cold start to thursday because we are still in the most pa rt because we are still in the most part in these relatively mild heirs but you get the sense that there is a bit ofa but you get the sense that there is a bit of a breeze and cooler air to the far north and west. contrast between those two air masses means that weather fronts, not one but two for summer during the course thursday. a lot of crowded through england and wales and it thickens up as the first weather front comes down from scotland and northern ireland to produce rain. wherever you are spending the day, the thing you are spending the day, the thing you will notice is that there is more rain across the british isles but at least it is coming in from the south so for all of us bar perhaps the finals will be double figures. it would be a new ice age confided but what it will be, notably so is much, much sunnier. once that weather fronts away from the south—east, that is a pretty sun

once that starts to ease a bit, the shower is coming at a fair bit of snow over the high ground in scotlaome sunshine, some showers but we have another dose of wet and windy weather to come. the winds picking up weather to come. the winds picking up in the southwest point this rain northwards and eastward through today, heavy rain in the southeast of england and for some parts of them and indwells, it may actually bea them and indwells, it may actually be a windier day tomorrow than it has been today. still windy in northwest scotland and cold in scotla nd northwest scotland and cold in scotland and northern ireland, mild differing inland and wales. this is bbc news. the headlines... in the last half an hour, the queen has said she is "entirely supportive" of the duke and duchess of sussex's desire for new roles, but said she "would have preferred" them to remain full—time working royals. boris johnson visits stormont, to meet members of the newly—restored northern ireland assembly, after three years of political deadlock there. what's so great about today is, as i say, that northern irel

the best of breaks, east of wales, midlands, came to the north east of mainland scotla nd came to theature is around eight to 12 degrees. we finished today with heavy rain in the north of scotland, that clears. 0ther today with heavy rain in the north of scotland, that clears. other than a few showers in the west, most will have a dry and mild night to take us through sunday night into monday. the return to work for many after the christmas break but look what is waiting. 0ur weather is set to turn very lightly into next week. pretty active jet stream across the atla ntic active jet stream across the atlantic and on each little dip we will see subsequent areas of low pressure developed. the first to spread northwards across iceland as we go through into monday. spreading its weather fronts southwards and eastwards into the uk and ireland and with it strong to gale force winds. the best weather across ireland on monday morning, spreading in three much of scotland during the day —— the rain. into wales, western england in the afternoon. many parts of eastern england dry through monday,

it brightens nicely across scotla nd these.possibly 80 which is why the met office already had the other one is for that. look at this, nobody less than 11, possibly as high as 15 or 16 degrees or so. so, thatis high as 15 or 16 degrees or so. so, that is probably one of the first days this year by the weather could get in the way of your plans. watch out for the rain and gales, particularly on tuesday. wednesday are still a very windy day across the northern half of scotland, in the northern half of scotland, in the first—half of the week a little drier and badger perhaps. sally, back to you. the 77th golden globe awards take place in los angeles tonight. hosted by ricky gervais, this year's ceremony will showcase an array of british stars who have taken us screens by storm.among the combined 27 brit nominations is 12—year—old roman griffin—davis. he stars injojo rabbit — a film about a 10—year—old growing up in war time germany whose imaginary friend is hitler. 0ur los angeles correspondent sophie long went to meet him. the f

things will cool off in scotla nd air.ything as we headed through friday and into the weekend the weekend the start of february, it gets even milder still. temperatures could reach 1a degrees, temperatures we would normally see at the start of spring. you're watching beyond 100 days with me katty kay in washington, james reynolds is in london. our top stories: an explosive revelation from former national security adviserjohn bolton that donald trump did withold aid to ukraine. the president denies it, but will this affect his trial in the senate? tributes from across the world for the former basketball star kobe bryant, killed in a helicopter crash along with his 13—year—old daughter. coming up in the next half hour: the number of people killed in china by the new coronavirus has risen to 81, with almost 3,000 confirmed ill. plus, a top prosecutor in the us says prince andrew has provided zero co—operation over thejeffrey epstein six trafficking inquiry. the chinese government has shut down cities, banned travel, extended

low pressure close to scotla nd celsius. in scotland we have some rain, heaviest and most persistent in the west to start the day but it runs further south towards northern ireland through parts of northern england and any of the early rain that may be affecting southern england pulls away and there is some afternoon sunshine here and those temperatures down a couple of degrees but still above average. by sunday, we have brought another system overnight and into sunday northwards and may not re—support of scotland during daylight hours but cold enough for a bit of hail support for more than england and behind the rain there is some funny spells in a few showers mainly for whales and western england and still mild of the south and windy and north of our rain man isa and windy and north of our rain man is a chilly and next week is the colder air that winds out once again. albeit briefly and there will bea again. albeit briefly and there will be a few wintry showers around at times too. but if your latest forecast and see more

much of scotla nd dobson around elsewhere.d it will turn drier and brighterfrom the west later. here winds are not as strong today. very breezy across the far north of scotland and down towards the west. temperatures down a little on yesterday's values. still around 8— 10 degrees, higher than we should be at this time of year. into the evening and overnight, the showers will fade away, some will keep going across scotla nd away, some will keep going across scotland along with a strong breeze. elsewhere under clearing skies, as we look into tomorrow morning, you can see the blue colours and the temperature chart, the indication of a greater chance of frost for some of you as we go into the start of the day. it will be a cooler start to the weekend, but for many a loss drier. much of england and wales dry throughout saturday, the chance of a shower towards the isles of silly, maybe north—west england, the greater chance in northern ireland, and alzheimer scotland in the morning. spells in between. feeling a little bit chillier.

she said she has a mandate for this referendum and people in scotla nd for this referendum and peoplea statement today and in that statement nicola sturgeon said the scottish government will respond in full towards the end of the month setting out their next steps. so we have not seen the end of this story. she has also said she would not hold an unofficial referendum but she said the definitely will be of second referendum and it is only a matter of time. in that statement today, she said that westminster government is blocking democracy and she said she believes the longer westminster stops the referendum, the more support for independence there will be. thank you very much, alexandra, with the latest on the debate on a possible second independence referendum in scotland. after a difficult week two to the least for the royal family, after a difficult week two to the least for the royalfamily, the duke of cambridge to resume his regular duties. prince william giving out awards at an investiture ceremony today. one of the recipients was the former england cricket captain andrew straus

eastern scotla nd spells through the day.ee dry weather but more showers rattling in from the west elsewhere and a little colder once again, eight degrees on tuesday. then we have a ridge of high pressure working in from the atla ntic pressure working in from the atlantic as we head on into wednesday. that will quieten the weather down for a day or so, especially in the south. a dry day for england and wales and northern ireland tending to dry out as well. the rain until snow will put across scotla nd the rain until snow will put across scotland the day on wednesday. still relatively cool at this stage in the week, 7— io relatively cool at this stage in the week, 7— 10 degrees but things will then turn mild and we return to double figures more widely towards the end of the week. a chilly start with snow and ice, dry through the middle of the week and then things once again turn mild and unsettled later in the week. this is newsday on the bbc. i am rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: basketball great kobe bryant dies in a

scotla nd scotland and northern ireland have had a generally breezy day, about some dense patches of fog 39, particularly across wales and the midlands and north—west england. visibility already less than 100 metres in places. we will keep the cloud in the breeze going across scotla nd cloud in the breeze going across scotland and northern ireland, that fog becoming quite dense there are northern england, wales, clear skies elsewhere, you can see where the lowest entry will be. as low as —60 -74 lowest entry will be. as low as —60 —74 rural parts of england and wales. compared to 8—9 for the north of scotland. a lengthy dry spell for many, this frontal system and using the cloud and some patchy rain into the cloud and some patchy rain into the far north and west of scotland later on monday. scotland and northern ireland, again cloudy and breezy, that bog slow to clear across parts of england and wales. there will be some spells of sunshine, probably not much we saw today. it could be quite cold where the fog lingers. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the queen attends church ne

overnight and into tuesday will be the hills of wales, northern england, northern ireland, and in scotla nd england, northern ireland, and in scotland there is snow notjust affecting the hills but potentially also at lower elevations. we could see five centimetres just about anywhere, perhaps eastern scotland more at risk, and ten centimetres also at higher elevations. combined with low temperatures to start the day on tuesday, that means the risk of slippery conditions with snow and ice, potentially bringing some disruptive weather to scotland for a time. through the rest of tuesday, essentially a day of sunshine and showers, but the air is pretty chilly, so the showers will continue to be wintry, with more snow in the high ground in scotland. further south, seven or 8 degrees, and you won't get snow with that. tuesday night time, showers continue thick and fast in the north—west, driven in bya and fast in the north—west, driven in by a continuation of those rather blustery conditions. some further snow accumulating in the hills of scotla nd snow accumulating in the hills of scotland an

this weather front bringing that change will push its rain towards northern ireland and western scotlad of that, plenty of cloud and outbreaks of mostly light rain and drizzle. no frost going into the morning. this weather front will take its ring further east across the uk during sunday. it is a cold front, the leading edge of colder air. you can see that moving in behind the rain tomorrow. in that colder air, there will be some sunshine but also some showers, some of those turning wintry. look how quickly tomorrow the rain is out of the way in northern ireland, pushes across scotland, wales and northern england. it is behind the rain it will be brightening up, more especially for northern ireland and scotland. it will turn colder. the cold feel enhanced by a cold wind. it will feel different out and about by monday morning. coming into the cold air there will be an area of showers moving across the uk sunday night but focusing on northern ireland, northern england and scotla nd ireland, northern england and scotland where some of these will be wintry to the hills. a few centimetres o

we've still got temperatures in double figures across the southeast, colder air in scotla nd across the. still rain to clear from south—eastern england first thing on sunday and then a fair bit of and showers coming in, even pushing eastwards across england and wales. that's the morning, in the afternoon most of those have gone with the shower is restricted to the north—west of scotla nd restricted to the north—west of scotland where it is quite a bit colder with temperatures 5— six again and potentially double figures in the south—east in the sunshine. into next week, we still have a strong jetstream pushing right away across the atlantic, picking up these areas of low pressure. you can see a lot of isobars on the chart as well. windy into next week, which means it's likely to be mild, although there will be rain at times. are throwing their support behind the cause. this is bbc world news. our top story: canada's prime minister, justin trudeau, has said that there's evidence from multiple sources that the ukrainian airliner which crashed near tehran on wednesday was shot down by an ir

some showers around but this weather will bring rain to scotla nd but this weather will bring rain toeads across the uk during saturday night into sunday, a very wea k during saturday night into sunday, a very weak feature by the time it reaches the eastern side of the country, so it will be no more than a band of cloud. once that clears through it looks like it will be bright with good spells of sunshine, quite blustery. this is a cooler air mass and it will be called across the north and west of scotland, here are some of the showers will be falling wintry with snow on the hills. into the start of the following week it will turn more u nsettled, following week it will turn more unsettled, a deeper area of low pressure could bring strong winds and spells of rain. this is bbc world news. our top story. the trial of president trump is under way in the senate. senators are meant to act as jurors over claims the president misused his power is by deliberately withholding military aid to ukraine to force it to announce a corruption investigation into mr trump's political rival. travellers

getting close to double figures of cross parts of scotla nd double figures of cross parts of scotlandwe saw such a lengthy dry spell. for the middle part of the week, once again, quite a bit of cloud around. as part of sunshine will be for eastern counties of scotla nd will be for eastern counties of scotland and eglin. temperatures coming down by day. to some of the week, a dried spell for many, some frosty nights at first, gradually turning of the bit milder but also some mist and fog.

further north—west for scotla nd cloud.and we'll start to the weather front pushing into the north—west of scotland. could be because of the breeze mixing up the air, we could see brightness for scotla nd air, we could see brightness for scotland and northern ireland but a rather cloudy day for most with temperatures 7—10. through saturday night into sunday, that weather front begins to push east, slowly sliding across the country and you'll notice more isobars on the chart for sunday. a breeze ea or windy day for us all, particularly in the north—west. this weather front moving east will bring outbreaks of patchy rain, the odd heavier burst on it, as it moves across england and wales. brighter skies in scotland and northern ireland but here we will have blustery showers and they will be wintry and quite cool over high ground, nine or 11 in the south—east. the following week could be unsettled, a deep low bringing gales and a spell of wet weather earlier in the week. i'm kasia madera with bbc world news. our top story: chin

it will turn windy in the afternoon for scotla nd will turn windy in the afternoon for scotland and northernhe weekend, back into stronger south to south—westerly winds on saturday ahead of that weather front which will bring some rain, heavy over the hills on saturday and sweeping down across the whole country. on sunday we have sunshine and showers. a little bit colder though, showers could be wintry over the tops of the hills in scotland. thank you. that's all from the bbc news at six, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are.

start of the day across scotla nd east.ver the days progress relatively mild air ever further towards the south. but it will take its time before we see the rain, the last of it, and it will be a feature of the weather overnight across england and wales. further north, the skies will have cleared but still the peppering of showers and because it will get that cold the showers will be wintry and a touch of frost in the eastern side of scotla nd a touch of frost in the eastern side of scotland to start the new day on sunday. that will not be the case across wales, and the south because across wales, and the south because a lot of cloud in rain around. that will quit the scene. one or two showers following on behind on a much reduced wind. still a fresh feel about the day despite all the sunshine across the north. further south, 8—11 will cover it but a glorious afternoon, plenty of sunshine and a fairly chilly evening after that. a cool night across the south because you will not have so much wind to keep the atmosphere turne

it was a bright but really quite showery day for some, and of course a slightly higher levels in scotla snow. but at last, just in time for the weekend, we can talk about drier and sunny weather. it is the other face of winter. they will be some nighttime frost and some ice around. and here is the set up. low pressure still close by to the north of the british isles over the past few hours, and it doesn't look very promising when we looked out into the atlantic. low pressure driving away towards the bay of biscay, and just—in—time for the weekend to settle things nicely, a big area of high pressure and it keeps on doing it stop. for the most part, that goes on into the middle of the forthcoming week as well. that is a real transformation, but the weekend will start much colder, with a hint of frost about it, something that many of you will not have seen for a while. at least it means it is going to be drier and sunnier as well. yes, there are still showers to be had on this north—westerly wind, most noticeable across the north—eastern quarter of scotland and through the northern isles.

drip bit of dry weather around on monday for parts of east anglia northern england towards eastern scotlahat is where you see the bulk of those showers and once again they will be wintry across parts of northern ireland and scotland as well. colder than in recent days with temperatures around four, nine degrees on monday and quite blustery of well. you notice the breeze picking up on monday evening and blustery through the channels. more of those heavy showers rattling through as we had through monday night and into tuesday morning. it will be another cold night, a widespread frost and a risk of icing is almost anywhere on tuesday, particularly for scotland, northern ireland, northern england and north wales. tuesday dawns on the cold note with some wintry showers again in the north. sunny spells through the day and quite a deal of dry weather but more showers rattling in from the west and a little colder once again, a—8d on tuesday. then we have a ridge of high pressure working in from the atlantic as we head into wednesday so that will quieten the weather for head into wednesday so that

there will be gaps in that cloud away from the north and west of scotla nd cloud away from the northill keeping the weather coming and going. the odd spot of rain across the high ground in the western side of england and wales. northern ireland, fairly cloudy here. ten or 11 degrees for some. the wind at its strongest closest that weather front across the north—west and quarter of scotla nd across the north—west and quarter of scotland but a gentle breeze a little bit further towards the south. not a great deal changes through the evening. the rain perhaps leaving scotland for a time. where the cloud breaks, eastern side of the hills, we could go down to three or 4 degrees, but generally many of us are in the range of five to ten. it would be a cold start to the new day, it will be a dry one for many. but notice the number of isobars and that we have a weather front too. northern ireland, early risers, you may have dry conditions but they won't last very long at all. heavy bursts of rain in here and that tumbles its way through scotland, northern ireland, eventually into the north of

nd a night in ireland and reston scotland and showers for northwest scotla nd scotland and showers for, southwest 80 win. temperature is ahead of that sitting in double figures— around 10 celsius from the north and west. and then as he moved into the start of next week that cold front clears towards the southeast and this feature could bring some tricky conditions first thing on monday with the potential to see snow for parts of northern england and ireland and scotland. much cooler feel for things to the start of next week with some rain and showers. this is a leading pro—democracy politician in syria. on october 12, she was dragged from her car and killed. our world, who betrayed her? tomorrow, 9:30pm on bbc news channel. when this is bbc world news, the headlines: day four of donald trump's impeachment trial in the us senate is underway. democrat prosecutors are arguing the president should be removed from office for abuse of power and for obstructing congress. as the lunar new year begins, china has launched a massive campaign to try to stop the spread of the virus that has killed

some hill snow for scotla nd northern ireland.in a gusty wind. on wednesday, the wind still a feature, squally showers across northern and western parts of scotla nd northern and western parts of scotland but once the rain is away from the south—east, it is a quieter and drier day. with some sunshine and drier day. with some sunshine and feeling that tad fresher. the thing you will be pleased about is that the wind will have eased at least for a time because here we go again on thursday. the wind coming in from the south this time. still plenty of it and some really quite heavy rain. floating in the western side of the british isles. pulses of rain spreading further towards the east. this is as far ahead as friday before we see the first signs of a ridge of high pressure moving in from the atlantic to quieten things down. i'm lewis vaughan jones with bbc world news. our top story: there's a strong police presence on the streets of the iranian capital, tehran, following a second day of protests over the shooting down of a ukrainian

more of a breeze across scotla nd sunshine.temperatures here to around nine or ten, still rather chilly further south. with high pressure, not far away of the weekend, it looks like it is going to remain dryjust about everywhere. notice there is a bit more cloud around, we're not going to see as much sunshine from tuesday onwards. there may well be some mist and fog. outside of that though the temperature should rise to eight or nine celsius. back to you two. you wa nt to nine celsius. back to you two. you want to know what i was hearing in my ear? we're not going to see as much sunshine and more cloud. people the gallery going what sunshine? we have not seen any! not as much sunshine as this weekend, naga. there you go! they will get some this weekend and it will be dull again. unless they are working all day... i very much doubt that! we'll be back with a summary of the news at 6.30. now it's time for the film review with jane hill and mark kermode. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this wee

here in scotla nd precautionary measures.n raf base in northamptonshire in august. his family says it will not stop fighting forjustice. no hopes were dashed last night and anne sacoolas absolutely will be coming back, despite the development yesterday. that is a point i have been making for many, many weeks now, but it is a point that i will continue to make. we always knew that secretary pompeo had the political decision in his hands. he has made it now but he will not be around forever and he is simply following orders from president trump who will be gone one day, whereas that extradition request will be there forever. the construction of the controversial hs2 railway line is billions of pounds over budget and years behind schedule. the national audit office says the department for transport failed to understand how complex and risky the project would be. the government says it's already acting on the watchdog's recommendations. our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. as work to build a new high—speed line goes

they could be some ice across northern england, parts of northern ireland and scotla nd parts of northern and scotland to start monday morning. wintry showers through the day, windy and rather cold. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. lawyers representing president donald trump, set out their defence of the us leader in his impeachment trial. the death toll from the coronavirus rises to 41 — with authorities in china struggling to contain the outbreak, as millions travel for the lunar new year. a charity offering mental health support to military veterans says it can't take on new cases because of a funding crisis. a royal marine recruit has died following a training exercise on a beach in cornwall earlier this week. at least 22 people have been killed, and more than 1000 injured, in a powerful earthquake in eastern turkey. and now on bbc news, victoria derbyshire takes a look at some of the highlights from her programme this week. hello, and welcome to our programme. over the next half an hour we'll bring you some of the highlights from our award winning programme that we've broadcas

still close to the north of scotland, windy there throughout the day and showers getting down through scotla the south—west gradually migrating east through the day and generally speaking a fresh fields of the day, certainly away from the south—eastern quarter. that is nothing compared to what we achieve through the weekend because high pressure builds and we haven't seen that for a while. the week has been driven by low pressure and a lot of wind. the weekend starting on a frosty note with showers coming in ona frosty note with showers coming in on a noticeable north—westerly breeze, but elsewhere that is a glorious day. no more than double figures on the temperature front. despite all of the sunshine, and it is followed under the clear sky is by no surprise a chilly start and a frosty one is a sunday morning. but it isa frosty one is a sunday morning. but it is a great weekend for the outdoors provided you are not expecting he'd to go with the sunshine. not too much in the way of breeze and we are looking at plenty of sunshine and are high on sunday of sunshine and are high on sunday of se

sunshine for much of scotla nd side of that.ecting the far north—west of both countries. temperatures on friday down a little bit compared to today, 7—10 degrees. going into the weekend, higher pressure is going to develop, so it's going to become much drier and there will be some sunny spells, although it will become colder with the return of some frosts. this area of low pressure here, that will move away to the south and it will allow high pressure to build and become really quite established across the uk through the weekend, so that high pressure will bring lighter winds, it will bring plenty of dry and sunny weather, some showers affecting the far north of scotland. elsewhere, lots of blue skies around, a bit of a chilly start on saturday morning and temperatures by the afternoon around six or seven celsius, slightly below average for the time of year. through saturday night into sunday, those clear skies will bring the risk of some frosts, quite widespread, i think, on sunday morning, so we wake up to a bit of a covering

the east of scotla nd again, the east of england. the east of scotland suit see some sunshine.d will have outbreaks of rain, some could be heavy. tomorrow is a windy day but milder, particularly across the northern half of the uk. 10—12 degrees. on monday, the area of high pressure that has been keeping us dry this weekend retreats into the near continent, allowing a frontal system to push on from the west, bringing some outbreaks of rain. some rain will be heavy and accompanied by brisk wind along the line of the frontal system. rain at not reaching parts of eastern england until after dark and behind the rain band, dries up dark and behind the rain band, dries upa dark and behind the rain band, dries up a little bit with one or two showers. 9—11 degrees. on tuesday, a deepening area of low pressure, it isa deepening area of low pressure, it is a long way away to the north—west, but brings a lot of strong wind. a lot of white lines are squashing together, very windy across the north particularly, very wet here as well. not as wet or windy in the south of the uk. these are the

many areas starting on a dry note, still some showers for scotla nd dry note, still some showers forthen this area of low pressure will start to descend in rain and some of which could be heavy and once again, we could see gales, perhaps severe gales, in one or two spots and the pennines may see something a little wintry as well. temperatures, many areas, particularly the southern half of the uk, above average for the time of year. through wednesday, it looks as though it will be a bit quieter but another blustery day, with low pressure never too far away. we will start off with an area of rain stretching into the southern half of the uk, and further spells of rain pushing into parts of scotla nd of rain pushing into parts of scotland still, a bit wintry over the higher ground, some dryness around, some bright spells, do, and temperatures above average for the time of year so staying on the mild theme. heading to the latter stages of the week, low pressure is never too far away and it looks as though we will see further spells of wet and windy weather through thursday and windy weath

scotla nd scotland is expected to become the first country in europe to ban heading in youth football 12 is after a study found former footballers were three times as likely to die of degenerative brain diseases like dementia than the rest of the population. but more research is needed. but more research is needed. "tumbleweed" — that's what the owner of this antique and second—hand bookshop in hampshire tweeted in desperation this week. he hadn't sold a single book all day — the first time ever in its 100—year history, he thought. so he asked for help. and he got it as his tweet went viral and orders started coming in from all over the world, as duncan kennedy explains. once upon a time, there was an old book shop. but this isn't a fairy tale. it really exists. where quaint meets quirky. but last tuesday, there were no customers. not one. which led the shop to put out this forlorn tweet. it read... "tumbleweed, not a single book sold today, £0, we think it may be the first time ever." the message was spotted by best—selling author neil gaiman, who retweeted it to his 2.7 million foll

this is the rain pushing into northern ireland overnight and into sunday morning and into western scotlao the day on sunday. sunday is all about the rain moving east, but also the change, colder conditions following on behind. a marked change in colour showing up, thatis marked change in colour showing up, that is the colder air moving in and it is within that there will be brighter skies for early next week but also the showers and a chance of seeing some but also the showers and a chance of seeing some snow but also the showers and a chance of seeing some snow showers in places. as we go on to sunday, we will see the rain pushing east to all areas, clearing quickly from northern ireland, later in the day reaching the far south—east of england. brighten up the time the rain towards western parts of england and wales but the bus of the sunshine will be northern ireland and scotla nd will be northern ireland and scotland but there may be the odd shower behind. the colder feel two things once the rain has moved through. windy day across the board as well. the rain clears overnight, but thi