wind gusts of 50mph or more affecting parts of shetland. lerwick. more generally, 17 to 20 degrees. into wednesday, well, increasingly humid air spreading from the south—west. with it quite a lot of cloud, some mist and murk and bits and pieces of rain and drizzle. some sunny spells, as well. the best of the sunshine across a good part of scotland. still windy and chilly in shetland, 12 degrees here, but further south highs of 24. thursday looks warmer still. all of us just about getting into this southerly wind, lifting temperatures into the middle 20 celsius, maybe 27 in parts of south—east england. notice it will always stay that bit chillier in the far north—east of scotland. where we do see that warmth, it probably won't last all that long. a frontal system will push eastwards during friday, turning things cooler and more unsettled again into the weekend. live from london. this is bbc news. the first asylum seekers to be housed on a barge off the south coast of england arrive — with more expected later in the day. this is the scene liv

wind gusts of 50mph or more affecting parts of shetland.for lerwick. more generally, 17 to 20 degrees. into wednesday, well, increasingly humid air spreading from the south—west. with it quite a lot of cloud, some mist and murk and bits and pieces of rain and drizzle. some sunny spells, as well. the best of the sunshine across a good part of scotland. still windy and chilly in shetland, 12 degrees here, but further south highs of 24. thursday looks warmer still. all of us just about getting into this southerly wind, lifting temperatures into the middle 20 celsius, maybe 27 in parts of south—east england. notice it will always stay that bit chillier in the far north—east of scotland. where we do see that warmth, it probably won't last all that long. a frontal system will push eastwards during friday, turning things cooler and more unsettled again into the weekend. live from london, this is bbc news. the first asylum seekers to be housed on a barge off the south coast of england have begun arriving on board. these are live pictures from the b

still windy and very chilly across shetland. of all for the majority. the southerly wind bringing that warm air northwards across just about all parts of the uk. with that there will still be some areas of cloud, could be a bit of mist and fog around through thursday morning as well. but some spells of sunshine in the far north—east still with that quite brisk wind coming down from the north, temperatures will struggle 1a for lerwick, but elsewhere, temperatures widely up into the 20s, maybe 26 or 27 degrees across parts of south—east england. but that warmth and humidity will be short lived because as we get into friday, this frontal system, this cold front will push its way eastwards. that could bring some heavy and possibly thundery rain behind it, a mix of sunny spells and showers. but we change the wind direction. the winds coming back in off the atlantic from the west or the south—west. and so it will start to feel cooler again. 20 degrees for glasgow, for belfast, cardiff and plymouth, still 25 at this stage across easter

and, could this site in shetland be just months away from launching a rocket into space? coming up on the bbc news. more reaction from the women's world cup as the usa count their lucky stars to make the knockout stage of the tournament. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. england's lionesses are through to the last 16 at the women's football world cup. their 6—1 win over china means they progress as the winners of group d. forward laurenjames was given a standing ovation by many sections of the crowd in adelaide after her stunning performance during the game, including scoring two goals. the lionesses will now play nigeria on monday. our sports correspondent katie gornall reports from the hindmarsh stadium in adelaide. in china, the dragon is a symbol of good luck and prosperity. in adelaide, england were due some good fortune. they were here without their conductor in midfield. would they find their tempo? england without the injured keira walsh looked different, but this new look side hit their stride almost immediately. commentator: collected by russo. wh

still windy and chilly in shetland. further south, scotland. still windy and chilly in shetland.eratures into the mid 20s celsius, maybe 27 parts of the south—east of england. it will stay chillier in the far north—east of scotland. we do see that warmth it probably won't last all that long. a frontal system will push eastward during friday, turning things cooler and more unsettled again into the weekend. live from london. this is bbc news the bbc understands the first asylum seekers to be housed on a barge — off the south coast of england — have begun arriving on board. these are live pictures from the barge in dorset — officials say it'll house up to 500 men. england beat nigeria on penalties — at the women's world cup — puting them through to the quarterfinals. meanwhile, australia is leading 1—0 against denmark as they go head to head for a place in the quarter—finals. and we'll be live at the edinburgh fringe festival where performers from all over the globe gather for the world's biggest arts festival. hello, welcome to bbc news now, 3 hours of fast—moving news, interviews

still windy and very chilly across shetland.nd bringing that warm air northwards across just about all parts of the uk. with that there will still be some areas of cloud, could be a bit of mist and fog around through thursday morning as well. but some spells of sunshine in the far northeast still with that quite brisk wind coming down from the north, temperatures will struggle 14 for lerwick, but elsewhere, temperatures widely up into the 20s, maybe 26 or 27 degrees across parts of south—east england. but that warmth and humidity will be short lived because as we get into friday, this frontal system, this cold front will push its way eastwards. that could bring some heavy and possibly thundery rain behind it, a mix of sunny spells and showers. but we change the wind direction. the winds coming back in off the atlantic from the west or the south—west. and so it will start to feel cooler again. 20 degrees for glasgow, for belfast, cardiff and plymouth, still 25 at this stage across eastern england. and then as we head into the wee

wind gusts of 50mph or more affecting parts of shetland. air spreading from the south—west. with it quite a lot of cloud, some mist and murk and bits and pieces of rain and drizzle. some sunny spells, as well. the best of the sunshine across a good part of scotland. still windy and chilly in shetland, 12 degrees here, but further south highs of 24. thursday looks warmer still. all of us just about getting into this southerly wind, lifting temperatures into the middle 20 celsius, maybe 27 in parts of south—east england. notice it will always stay that bit chillier in the far north—east of scotland. where we do see that warmth, it probably won't last all that long. a frontal system will push eastwards during friday, turning things cooler and more unsettled again into the weekend. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm paul scott at the bbc sport centre. our top stories: england need penalties to overcome nigeria and book their place in the last eight of the women's football world cup. they will be joined in the quarterfinals by australia after t

the ice, mars squeezing together, you can see there across shetland. across wales into the midlands, eventually east anglia, certainly southern counties of england, quite murky around some of the coasts, some spots of drizzle. but much of northern england, northern ireland and scotland seeing sunny spells some showers into northeast scotland and wind gusts of 50 miles per hour or more in shetland where temperatures will only get to 12 degrees elsewhere, 17 to 20. so still a touch below par for the time of year. elsewhere, 17 to 20. so still a touch below par for the time of year. now into wednesday, i think we'll see quite a lot of cloud, a bit of mist and murk for coasts and hills and some spots of drizzle tending to feed north eastwards. but some spells of sunshine to you eastern and northern parts. seeing the best of that, turning a little bit warmer for most of us. in fact, maybe up to 2a or 25 degrees in the south. but thursday is set to be the warmest day of all. the southerly winds bringing temperatures wildly up into the twenties. many spots li

the land on unst, one of the shetland islands, was bought by a husband and wife team 15 years ago.eks away from securing a spaceport licence. our correspondent laura goodwin has more details. as you might imagine, getting to the most northern point in the uk is a bit of a mission in itself. first up, a flight from mainland uk. then onto one ferry and then onto another ferry, before you reach your final destination. but its remoteness is just one of the reasons unst in shetland could soon become something of a super highway — that way. once part of an raf radar base, the land was bought by frank strang and his wife around 15 years ago. never in my wildest dreams did i think we'd be building a spaceport. it's all about geography and location, location, location. and we're the most northern tip of the united kingdom. so when we launch, we're launching over sea. we've got a clear trajectory into the orbits that we're trying to get to and the airspace itself is very uncongested. so there's very little civilian air traffic flying overhead. so from this location here, we can get the satel

still across still quite windy across shetland. this area of cloud shetland. little bit further eastwards as day goes on. so eastwards as the day goes on. so quite afternoon to come quite a grey afternoon to come across northern ireland, western scotland, parts wales into scotland, parts of wales into the and southwest the midlands and southwest england. the sunshine england. best of the sunshine further and where we see further east and where we do see the sunshine, will be feeling the sunshine, it will be feeling much could highs much warmer. we could see highs reaching around 23 or 24 degrees after a bit of a slow start on thursday, this cloud will quickly burn away actually quickly burn away and actually thursday looks like the best day of of sunshine of the week. plenty of sunshine around, especially across eastern central the eastern and central parts of the country could see highs reaching 26, 27, possibly 28 degrees, but then turning cooler and showery as head towards the weekend . as we head towards the weekend. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar p

we will be speaking to the deputy ceo of shetland space port. we will speak to an estonian athlete who walked between these two towers in qatar. incredible stuff. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. england admitted their first two performances at the women's world cup didn't meet the standards they set in winning euro 2022 but the third bucked that trend. they ensured top spot in their group with a thumping 6—1 win over china in adelaide. 3—0 up at half time, england were pegged back to 3—1 before three more second half goals. laurenjames with her second and third of the tournament. and a record—equalling world cup victory for the lionesses. i am very delighted. i said we would have to do things a bit different than we did before and we did really well, that shows how much the team can adapt and they are enjoying themselves on the pitch. we expected from china that they would press a bit higher because they had to win to make a chance of going through. but they just stayed in shape. i do not

wind gusts of 50mph or more affecting parts of shetland.murk and bits and pieces of rain and drizzle. some sunny spells, as well. the best of the sunshine across a good part of scotland. still windy and chilly in shetland, 12 degrees here, but further south highs of 24. thursday looks warmer still. all of us just about getting into this southerly wind, lifting temperatures into the middle 20 celsius, maybe 27 in parts of south—east england. notice it will always stay that bit chillier in the far north—east of scotland. where we do see that warmth, it probably won't last all that long. a frontal system will push eastwards during friday, turning things cooler and more unsettled again into the weekend. live from london. this is bbc news the first 15 asylum seekers — to be housed on a barge off the south coast of england — have arrived on board. military leaders in niger close the country's airspace and put their borderforces on high alert — as the regional bloc ecowas prepares for a crisis summit. and joy for australia and england in the women

this is the most northern tip of the united kingdom, unst, in the shetland isles. it's home to 700 people, plenty of sheep, even a pod of orca whales, and soon could also be the base for the uk's first vertical spaceport. this launch pad behind me, launch pad freda, could soon have a 29m rocket on top of it, carrying small satellites into space. it's one of three that have been built here at the saxavord space centre and their hope is that this could soon become a pivotal part of the uk's space programme. many people are wanting to get small satellites into space to help with connectivity and also weather and climate monitoring. they are awaiting final approvals from the civil aviation authority. the hope is that, once that's complete, a suborbital launch could be completed by the end of this year, with actual rockets going up into space by the middle of next year. police in australia say a former childcare worker has been charged with more than 1,600 child abuse offences, including 136 counts of rape. the man's alleged victims, more than 90, were all young girls.

some showers into north—east scotland and wind gusts of 50 mph or more in shetland, where temperaturesnd murk for coasts and hills and some spots of drizzle tending to feed north—eastwards. but some spells of sunshine, too. eastern and northern parts seeing the best of that. turning a little bit warmer for most of us. in fact, maybe up to 24—25 degrees in the south. but thursday is set to be the warmest day of all. the southerly winds bringing temperatures wildly up into the 20s. many spots likely to get into the middle 20s celsius, but it will stay quite chilly in the north—east of scotland. where we do have the warmth and indeed some humidity, well, it won't last all that long because by friday, we see this cold front pushing its way eastwards. outbreaks of rain with that, and behind it, we change the wind direction, the winds coming back in off the atlantic. so it will start to feel cooler again as we head into the weekend, and there will be some showers or longer spells of rain. hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. you're watching the context on bbc news. us president biden heads to arizona

southerly winds, top temperatures roughly 22 to 27 degrees, not as windy in shetland.oss northern ireland and scotland, where the rain will be heaviest and thundery, the tail end of the weather front across southern areas will not do much more than produce clouds and the odd shower. it will be a muggy night, subtle change in the wind direction from southerly to south—westerly. tomorrow, rain in north—east scotland pushes into shetland, a mostly dry day, some showers, fairly isolated, the cloud on the english channel on the coast adjacent to it, and the temperatures are fresher in central and western areas than today but quite muggy with higher temperatures in the east and south—east of england. saturday and sunday, low pressure close to us, areas closest to it in the north and west will see some rain and also some showers. the rain coming in from the west, pushing further east, it could miss the south—east of england during daylight hours or we could see one or two showers, and here are the temperatures. coming down, fresher air, 16 to about 2k degrees. on sunday, low

now, could shetland become britain's answer to cape canaveral?tority is expected to approve a licence for the saxavord space centre, which used to be an raf radar station. if it gets the go—ahead, the first launch from there is scheduled for october, as laura goodwin reports. as you might imagine, getting to the most northern point in the uk is a bit of a mission in itself. first up, a flight from mainland uk. then onto one ferry and then onto another ferry, before you reach your final destination. but its remoteness is just one of the reasons unst in shetland could soon become something of a super highway — that way. once part of an raf radar base, the land was bought by frank strang and his wife around 15 years ago. never in my wildest dreams did i think we'd be building a spaceport. it's all about geography and location, location, location. and we're the most northern tip of the united kingdom. so when we launch, we're launching over sea. we've got a clear trajectory into the orbits that we're trying to get to and the airspace itself is very u

and, could this site in shetland be just months away from launching a rocket into space?ws at six.

. times across shetland.d rain and drizzle could p9p up a cloud and rain and drizzle could pep up a little bit through this evening , could see some heavier evening, could see some heavier bursts of rain across essex and towards london time. but towards london for a time. but it all away. most places it all clears away. most places become overnight. stiff become dry overnight. a stiff wind across far north—east wind across the far north—east continues , but elsewhere, the continues, but elsewhere, the winds fall and it does winds fall light and it does turn chilly, actually. turn quite chilly, actually. rural single rural spots down into single figures. us will figures. but most of us will have a warmer wednesday and for many, it'll be a fine day too, with plenty of sunshine quite cloudy wales and cloudy in west wales and northern ireland where there will some light rain and will be some light rain and drizzle at times quite cloudy also for parts of devon and cornwall clouding in cornwall and clouding over in

carlos and his bikes have travelled all the way from shetland. i've got two bikes.is the one for the road race. i've got a different one for the time trial. but you try and get as much advantage as you can within the rules. most of the teams have got two bikes with them just to try and hopefully be as quick as they can. biggest unknown is the other islands. so when you've got people coming from different nations, then you don't know how good they're going to be. and in every corner of guernsey, final preparations for the thousands now flooding in. we're going to have three car park spaces which lines up with the stay. back on the seafront, one of the biggest challenges of all. natalie and her volunteers havejust a couple of hours to turn this car park into an arena for the opening ceremony. well, we've marked out all the spots to the islands to stand in so that when they come in, they're in the right orderfor the parade. oh, what's that? that'sjersey, isn't it? yeah. everything must run like clockwork. well, the media, we're putting up on the walkway so that you get

still windy and chilly in shetland, but further south highs of 24 shetland, but further south highs of stay that little bit more chilly in the far north—east of scotland. but where we do see the once, it probably won't last all that long. a frontal system will push eastwards on friday turning things cooler and more unsettled again into the weekend. plunging profits. 0il giant saudi aramco makes less money amid lower global prices but still boosts its payout to shareholders. end of the road for an american icon. yellow trucking files for bankruptcy after delivering years of losses. welcome to world business report, i'm victoria valentine. one of the world's biggest companies has reported a sharp drop in profits. that company is the saudio oil giant saudi aramco, and it's feeling the effects of lower oil prices, lower than expected demand from china, and thinner profit margins for refining oil.

carlos, who has won four silver medals, has been pounding the shetland hills all winter.time trials loom, he knows that getting a medal will also be an uphill challenge. cycling is quite big in guernsey and with a home advantage. they know the courses, and they will practice on them together. the home islands always have a quite a good advantage. we'll hopefully give them a run for their money. so men's time trials just got underway. we've had the first four finishers come through. it's the hottest day of the games so far and it's taking its toll. as the bikes flash around the guernsey lanes, carlos' chance of a medal is slipping away. yeah. he's just come through the 12th place with a time of a1, 17 seconds. decent time on a tough day. 41 minutes. so i think i'm happy with that. no, it's not so much about the competing anymore. facing the highjump bar for the first time in seven months, this is charmaine�*s first major competition after injury, and she has something to prove. i am absolutely made up. if there is a reason for me to compete, i'll compete. and this is a nic

and scotland, some showers in the northeast of scotland where it will turn windy particular for shetlanduesday night, clearskies for the time of year. tuesday night, clear skies across many parts of the uk, it will turn quite cool and fresh, quite chilly also but towards the west, more cloud, mist and merc rolling in and temperatures in plymouth is 14 degrees. increasingly humid air spreading behind this weekend warm front here. that will continue to bring some areas of cloud and perhaps some splashes of rain northwards at ease with as we head through the day on wednesday. expect some mist and fog around some of the coast and over the hills. but there will be spells of sunshine as well, the best of the sunshine across northern and eastern parts, still windy and very cold across shetland. elsewhere, though, starting to turnjust elsewhere, though, starting to turn just a little bit warmer. thursday is set to be the warmest day of all for the majority. this southerly wind bringing that warm air northwards across just about all parts of the uk. with that, still some areas of cloud, mist and

but that is going to get close enough to shetlands to strengthen the winds here.from the west affecting parts of wales and south west england. some bits and pieces of rain, some mist and murk by morning, turning a little more muggy and humid here as well. but where we keep the clear skies, actually another fairly chilly night. so for tomorrow, our deep low continues to swirl in northern europe, the ice of mars squeezing together, you can see there across shetland. so it is going to turn increasingly windy further south, a significantly weaker weather system, but feeding a lot of cloud eastwards across wales into the midlands, eventually east anglia, certainly southern counties of england, quite murky around some of the coasts, some spots of drizzle. but much of northern england, northern ireland and scotland seeing sunny spells some showers into northeast scotland and wind gusts of 50 miles per hour or more in shetland where temperatures will only get to 12 degrees elsewhere, 17 to 20. so still a touch below par for the time of year. now into wednesday, i think we

wind gusts of 50mph or more affecting parts of shetland.lot of cloud, some mist and murk and bits and pieces of rain and drizzle. some sunny spells, as well. the best of the sunshine across a good part of scotland. still windy and chilly in shetland, 12 degrees here, but further south highs of 24. thursday looks warmer still. all of us just about getting into this southerly wind, lifting temperatures into the middle 20 celsius, maybe 27 in parts of south—east england. notice it will always stay that bit chillier in the far north—east of scotland. where we do see that warmth, it probably won't last all that long. a frontal system will push eastwards during friday, turning things cooler and more unsettled again into the weekend. the lionesses march on in the world cup, after a nail—biting penalty shootout win, against nigeria. my heart is going, yeah that was tight. ijust can't believe we are in the quarterfinals. literally stoked. house prices fall for the fourth month in a row. down 2.4%. and, the puzzle of a 2,000—year—old burial mystery,

the land on unst, one of the shetland islands, was bought by a husband and wife team around 15 yearsodwin has the story. as you might imagine, getting to the most northern point in the uk is a bit of a mission in itself. first up, a flight from mainland uk. then onto one ferry and then onto another ferry, before you reach your final destination. but its remoteness is just one of the reasons unst in shetland could soon become something of a super highway... ..that way. 0nce part of an raf radar base, the land was bought by frank strang and his wife around 15 years ago. never in my wildest dreams did i think we'd be building a spaceport. it's all about geography and location, location, location. and it's really that we're the most northern tip of the united kingdom. so when we launch, we're launching over sea. we've got a clear trajectory into the orbits that we're trying to get to and the airspace itself is very uncongested. so there's very little civilian air traffic flying overhead. so from this location here, we can get the satellites into the orbits they need to be. also, because

wind gusts of 50mph or more affecting parts of shetland.e sunshine across a good part of scotland. still windy and chilly in shetland, 12 degrees here, but further south highs of 24. thursday looks warmer still. all of us just about getting into this southerly wind, lifting temperatures into the middle 20 celsius, maybe 27 in parts of south—east england. notice it will always stay that bit chillier in the far north—east of scotland. where we do see that warmth, it probably won't last all that long. a frontal system will push eastwards during friday, turning things cooler and more unsettled again into the weekend. live from london, this is bbc news. the first asylum seekers to be housed on a barge off the south coast of england arrive, with more expected later in the day. coup leaders in niger close the country's airspace, citing the threat of military intervention from neighbouring powers. a year since russia largely destroyed the ukrainian city of mariupol, moscow encourages russians to buy homes there — bbc verify explains. and we are at

it's still windy the still quite windy across the very far of shetland and very far north of shetlandowards the west. we're starting to just see the next spell and rain move in. spell of cloud and rain move in. but should be a but for most it should be a fairly mild start wednesday, fairly mild start to wednesday, with staying in with most of us staying in double . so plenty of double figures. so plenty of sunshine initially across the uk. but this cloud and outbreaks of rain will spread its way a little bit further eastwards as we go through the course of the day. so i think come the afternoon rather grey skies for northern ireland, parts of western scotland and down into wales, england wales, southwest england and eventually midlands too eventually into the midlands too . of sunshine really . so the best of sunshine really will be out towards the east eastern scotland, south—east england, probably seeing the lion's share and in the southeast feeling warmer southeast feeling much warmer highs 24 degrees and highs reaching 24 degrees and then into thursday, after a bit of a slow grey

southerly winds, top temperatures roughly 22 to 27 degrees, not as windy in shetland.ireland and scotland, where the rain will be heaviest and thundery, the tail end of the weather front across southern areas will not do much more than produce clouds and the odd shower. it will be a muggy night, subtle change in the wind direction from southerly to south—westerly. tomorrow, rain in north—east scotland pushes into shetland, dry day, some showers, fairly isolated, the cloud on the english channel on the coast adjacent to it, and the temperatures are fresher in central and western areas than today but quite muggy with higher temperatures in the east and south—east of england. saturday and sunday, low pressure close to us, areas closest to it in the north and west will see some rain and also some showers. the rain coming in from the west, pushing further east, it could miss the south—east of england during daylight hours or we could see one or two showers, and here are the temperatures. coming down, fresher air, 16 to about 24 degrees. on sunday, low pressure to the north—

still windy and chilly in shetland, 12 degrees here, but further south highs of 2a and thursday looksthat little bit more chilly in the far north—east of scotland. but where we do see the warmth, it probably won�*t last all that long. a frontal system will push eastwards on friday, turning things cooler and more unsettled again into the weekend. this is bbc news, the headlines. the first asylum seekers to be housed on a barge off the south coast of england arrive, with more expected later in the day. in pakistan, after the former prime minister imran khan is jailed, we hearfrom his lawyer. and we�*re live at the world�*s biggest arts festival, with hundreds of performers, in edinburgh. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here�*s paul. england are through to the last eight of the women�*s football world cup after a dramatic penalty shootout win over nigeria in brisbane. the european champions were under pressure throughout and saw laurenjames sent—off late on, after a stamp on michelle alozie was spotted by var. georgia stanway missed england�*s first penalty,

this is the most northern tip of the united kingdom, unst, in the shetland isles.st vertical spaceport. this launch pad behind me, launch pad freda, could soon have a 29m rocket on top of it, carrying small satellites into space. it's one of three that have been built here at the saxavord space centre and their hope is that this could soon become a pivotal part of the uk's space programme. many people are wanting to get small satellites into space to help with connectivity and also weather and climate monitoring. they are awaiting final approvals from the civil aviation authority. the hope is that, once that's complete, a suborbital launch

scotland, especially shetland.cloud floating about, mistiness around about, some mistiness around coasts as well as the humidity rises that humidity rises rises and as that humidity rises , will warmer. highs of , it will feel warmer. highs of 2425 celsius towards the south—east high teens, low 20s elsewhere and then a thickening of the cloud across western areas overnight and some low cloud creeping inland with some patches of fog, especially for southern counties of england. parts of mid and south wales. but for most it's a dry night. 1 or 2 showers possible towards the southwest , but otherwise the southwest, but otherwise it's a warmer night compared with recent nights 15 or 16 celsius in places by dawn. then we begin thursday with plenty of dry weather out there . again, dry weather out there. again, 1 or 2 showers possible for the likes of cornwall and perhaps west wales into northern ireland. thicker cloud towards the west and some patches of cloud elsewhere. but otherwise it's largely dry and bright and it'

this is the most northern tip of the united kingdom, unst, in the shetland isles. a pod of orca whales, and soon could also be the base for the uk's first vertical spaceport. this launch pad behind me, launch pad freda, could soon have a 29m rocket on top of it, carrying small satellites into space. it's one of three that have been built here at the saxavord space centre and their hope is that this could soon become a pivotal part of the uk's space programme. many people are wanting to get small satellites into space to help with connectivity and also weather and climate monitoring. they are awaiting final approvals from the civil aviation authority. the hope is that, once that's complete, a suborbital launch could be completed by the end of this year, with actual rockets going up into space by the middle of next year. in the women's world cup, defending champions the usa suffered a huge scare against world cup newbies portugal before scraping through to the last 16. they drew 0—0 with portugal — with the portuguese hitting the post in the closing stages. the usa w

still windy and chilly in shetland, 12 degrees here, but further south highs of 24 and thursday looks mid 20s celsius. notice it will always stay that little bit more chilly in the far north—east of scotland. but where we do see the warmth, it probably won't last all that long. a frontal system will push eastwards on friday, turning things cooler and more unsettled again into the weekend. this is bbc news, the headlines. the first asylum seekers to be housed on a barge off the south coast of england arrive, with more expected later in the day. three hillwalkers have been found dead after failing to return from a walk in glen coe in the scottish highlands. in pakistan, after the jailing of the former prime minister imran khan, we talk live to his lawyer. and we're live at the world's biggest arts festival with hundreds of performers in edinburgh. time for a look at the business news now with victoria valentine. one of the world's biggest companies has reported a sharp drop in profits. that company is the saudio oil giant saudi aramco,

there is a press release they sent out about this talking about how they transited north of the shetlandched. we will get more on that when we get it. but for the moment let's turn to poland where two russians accused of disseminating propaganda on behalf of the wagner mercenary group have been arrested and charged with espionage. just to remind you — the wagner group is a private military organisation led by yevgeny prigozhin. thousands of wagner mercenaries travelled to belarus — which borders poland — after the group's failed mutiny in june. straight to warsaw. adam easton is there. what more can you tell us about this? ~ . . ., ., ., , this? according to the polish security services _ this? according to the polish security services these - this? according to the polish security services these two l this? according to the polish i security services these two men this? according to the polish - security services these two men were arrested on friday after they pasted around 300 leaflets in public places in the city of krehl in the southern part of poland and also the capital warsaw whi

the land is on unst, one of the shetland islands.y from securing a spaceport licence. 0ur correspondent laura goodwin has the story. as you might imagine, getting to the most northern point in the uk is a bit of a mission in itself. first up, a flight from mainland uk. then onto one ferry and then onto another ferry before you reach your final destination. but its remoteness is just one of the reasons unst in shetland could soon become something of a superhighway — that way. 0nce part of an raf radar base, the land was bought by frank strang and his wife around 15 years ago. never in my wildest dreams did i think we'd be building a spaceport. it's all about geography and location, location, location, and we're the most northern tip of the united kingdom, so when we launch, we're launching over sea. we've got a clear trajectory into the orbits that we're trying to get to and the airspace itself is very uncongested, so there's very little civilian air traffic flying overhead, so from this location here, we can get the satellites into t

could this site in shetland beach is months away from launching a rocket into space?you may remember travelled on a train after testing positive for covid. she was dismissed from the snp, her party. and then her constituents through the recall petition, i love signatures were gathered to recall her with effectively mean she loses her seat as an mp. we now have a statement from her. she says this... i respect the outcome of the decision. it has been the privilege of my life to serve as member of parliament. i've always put myjob and my constituents first that i am disappointed that this will now come to an end. i decided some time ago that i would not stand in the upcoming by election. this has been a difficult and taxing process that is now come to its conclusion. i do not wish to prolong it further. i like to thank my team

wind gusts of 50 mph and more in shetland where temperatures will only get to 12 degrees.of drizzle, feeding northeastward and spots of sunshine to eastern and northern part seeing the best of that. a little bit warmer for most of us in fact may be up to 24—25. but there is the is set to be the warmest day of all. the southerly winds bringing temperatures widely up winds bringing temperatures widely up into the 20s, many spots likely to get into the middle 20s celsius but will stay quite chilly in the northeast of scotland. where we do have the warmth and indeed some humidity, it won't last all that long because by friday we see this cold front pushing eastwards, a brakes of rain with that and behind it we change. the wind direction the wind �*s coming back in over the atlantic so it will start to feel cooler again as we hunt into the weekends and there will be some showers were longer spells of rain. this is bbc news, the headlines. lawyers for the former pakistan prime minister imran khan challenge a decision to jail him for three years. the russians trying to buy proper

under attack since the beginning of the war brass, or on the other hand actually uses ukraine of shetland doing yeah, it's an area occupied by russia. what do we know about that? it seems that there is a roof of uh, also university building. a wooden rule is on fire, as it has said that ukraine had used the last i'm condition to sell this as a 1000000000 area. this is not consumed. it's also very difficult to confirm anything that russia says about the tax on this occupied terry treat as the total list. so i'm not admitted there probably from other than the rest is own to analysis. and very few of the countries that are frenzy to with russia. so it's more difficult for us to know what is really going on that ukraine has not said anything. your brain has said that you would not use past the munitions on a civilian targets. but so what exactly happened there and don't, that's uh we can really only say by what both sides i say as both sides escalate. that tax. has there been any significant achievement on the frontlines of the well, there is a steady fighting on the front blending 10 stage.

still windy and quite cool in 0rkney and shetland, 23 and 24 for the south and east with some sunshine of the night. a bit of fog forming in land as we had this morning but what is noticeable is it is much milder in the north, scotland, northern ireland and northern england in particular. why? we have pulled in this area, join that heat northwards. we are looking at him just getting widely into the 20s on thursday. the morning fog last of the first part of the rush—hour clears away quickly. the odd shower with cloud lingering and implied consent to the south—west later but actually it is a fine day. 25 in the central belt, 23 perhaps in some parts of northern ireland, 26, even 27 further south and east across england and wales. a brief burst of summer sunshine, england and wales. a brief burst of summersunshine, orsummerwarmth at summer sunshine, or summer warmth at least, summersunshine, orsummerwarmth at least, because the next low pressure comes in and it is weather france through friday. thursday night into friday, it clears away friday morning but drags its heels across the north—

it's still the still quite windy across the very north of shetland and very far north of shetland andxt spell rain move in. spell of cloud and rain move in. but for most it should be a fairly mild start to wednesday with of staying in with most of us staying in double figures . so plenty of double figures. so plenty of sunshine initially across the uk. but this cloud and outbreaks of rain will spread its way a little bit further eastwards as we go through the course of the day. so i think come the afternoon rather grey skies for northern parts of northern ireland, parts of western into western scotland down into wales, southwest england and eventually midlands too eventually into the midlands too . of sunshine really . so the best of sunshine really will be out towards the east eastern scotland, south—east england, probably seeing the lion's the lion's share and in the southeast feeling warmer southeast feeling much warmer highs 24 degrees and highs reaching 24 degrees and then into thursday, after a bit of a slow grey start, this cloud will quickly burn away and actually, probably ac

it's still the still quite windy across the very north of shetland and very far north of shetland andext spell rain move in. spell of cloud and rain move in. but for most it should be a fairly mild start to wednesday with of staying in with most of us staying in double figures . so plenty of double figures. so plenty of sunshine initially across the uk. but this cloud and outbreaks of rain will spread its way a little bit further eastwards as we go through the course of the day. so i think come the afternoon rather grey skies for northern parts of northern ireland, parts of western into western scotland down into wales, southwest england and eventually midlands too eventually into the midlands too . of sunshine really . so the best of sunshine really will be out towards the east eastern scotland, south—east england, probably seeing the lion's the lion's share and in the southeast feeling warmer southeast feeling much warmer highs 24 degrees and highs reaching 24 degrees and then into thursday, after a bit of a slow grey start, this cloud will quickly burn away and actually, probably a

still quite windy across the shetland the very far north of shetland and out towards the west.in move in. but for most, it should be a fairly mild start wednesday fairly mild start to wednesday with staying in with most of us staying in double so plenty of double figures. so plenty of sunshine initially across the uk, but this cloud and outbreaks of rain will spread its way a little bit further eastwards as we go through the course of the day. so i think come the afternoon rather grey skies for northern of northern ireland, parts of western scotland down into wales northern ireland, parts of visouthwest tland down into wales northern ireland, parts of visouthwest england nn into wales , southwest england and eventually midlands eventually into the midlands too. best of sunshine too. so the best of sunshine really will be towards the really will be out towards the east in scotland, east east in scotland, south—east england, probably seeing the share in seeing the lion's share and in the much the southeast feeling much warmer reaching 24 warmer highs reaching 24 degrees. then int