in the south—east.risk winds across the board and we still do have the remnants of our weather front in southern areas, producing cloud and the odd spot of rain. between these two areas we're looking at dry conditions and some sunshine but temperatures down a touch, 15 to about 23 degrees will be the order of the day, north to south. as we head into the weekend there is some uncertainty about the forecast. we think on saturday there will be rain in the south, dry in the north and the opposite on sunday. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: thousands of civilians flee major afghan cities, as the taliban continue to gain ground — but president biden says he doesn't regret withdrawing us troops from the country. after the gap between private and state school a—level results grows in england — the government insists it's committed to supporting students of all backgrounds. at least 42 people are killed as wildfires erupt across algeria, including 25 soldiers fighting the fires. the boyfriend of esther din

anglia and the south—east, taking the edge of the temperatures here.or so. into the evening hours most of us and the day dry land. 0ne the evening hours most of us and the day dry land. one to showers not far away from the south—east of england. could be more cloud pushing on here as well. no spaces dry as we head into monday. not quite as cold with more cloud acting as a blanket. we are about staying in double figures as we head into monday which is a bank holiday across much of the uk. high pressure still with us as we head into monday. with the wind is coming in from the north sea. dragging in more cloud monday particularly for eastern areas. they can offer drizzle and low cloud. the best of any sunshine on monday. for the south—west of england towards wales as well but almost everywhere staying largely dry. you will notice that wind around east coast of scotland, eastern england as well but lighter winds further west and temperatures a degree orso west and temperatures a degree or so down on sunday so we're looking at highs of about 15—21 on monday

but some good spells of sunshine, particularly across the south—east.e a bit disappointing for august, particularly when the showers come along, it'll feel quite cool. but in the sunny spells, we could make 20 degrees or so across the south—east. otherwise, generally the mid to high teens celsius. as we head through saturday night, we continue with the breeze, further showers. again, some of them will be quite heavy, particularly across central, northern and western areas. perhaps turning a little bit quieter across the south east quadrant of the country. and again nowhere particularly cold, with overnight lows 12—14 degrees. so, into sunday, ourarea of low pressure still with us, drifting a little bit further northwards and weakening a little bit. there's fewer isobars on the charts, but there's still enough energy in the low pressure system to generate further showers, which again could be quite heavy in places throughout sunday. mainly across central and northern parts of the country, because i think as we head on into the afternoon, there may be a g

a breeze across the south—east. nevertoo weather. a breeze across the south—east.and could scrape the south—east of england on saturday. most places will be dry. more of a breeze across the south—east corner. some cloud affecting coastal parts of scotland. 0ther affecting coastal parts of scotland. other than that, ifind i affecting coastal parts of scotland. other than that, i find i was affecting coastal parts of scotland. other than that, ifind i was plenty of sunshine and heisen into the mid—20s across scotland and into central and southern parts of britain as well. for sunday and into monday, it will be a little bit cooler. more cloud around generally. northern and eastern areas will see the thickest cloud on sunday. the best of the sometime towards the south and the west. 22—23. a similar story on monday. it is a bank holiday monday for many of us and quite a bit more cloud around generally on monday. the best of the sunshine in the sheltered south—western areas. top temperatures of 20—21, but cooler along the north sea coast. 0ur area of high pressure holds

but some good spells of sunshine, particularly across the south—east.ean wind speeds. temperatures will be a bit disappointing for august, particularly when the showers come along, it'll feel quite cool. but in the sunny spells, we could make 20 degrees or so across the south—east. otherwise, generally the mid to high teens celsius. as we head through saturday night, we continue with the breeze, further showers. again, some of them will be quite heavy, particularly across central, northern and western areas. perhaps turning a little bit quieter across the south east quadrant of the country. and again nowhere particularly cold, with overnight lows 12—14 degrees. so, into sunday, ourarea of low pressure still with us, drifting a little bit further northwards and weakening a little bit. there's fewer isobars on the charts, but there's still enough energy in the low pressure system to generate further showers, which again could be quite heavy in places throughout sunday. mainly across central and northern parts of the country, because i think as we head on

but in the sunshine, the south and east, we could hit 2a or 25 degrees. he south and east through the rest of the week into the weekend, also rain at times in the north and west but overall drier than now. �*welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. three afghan cities fall to the taliban in just one day — including strategically important kunduz. farewell to one of the most controversial summer olympics ever — as tokyo hands over to the next host city — paris. residents and holidaymakers, try to escape. burn out of control. just a few miles from here there are bright blue skies, but here the air is full of smoke and ash. and is making it harder for people to breathe. lionel messi says goodbye to barcelona — we look

zone of thicker cloud, rain and drizzle heading down for the midlands and east anglia into the south—eastahead of it we have some sunshine but it has clouded over, a few hardy souls on the beach in dorset. the sunny skies have been in eastern scotland and now starting to arrive in the north—east of england but it doesn't feel very warm because we have a chilly north—westerly breeze. that will push the rain and drizzle through the midlands away from east anglia, brightening up here, but we have that damp weather heading towards the south—east before petering out later. in the sunshine, temperatures 19 or 20, that's the very best of it. furtherwest, cloud, stilla 19 or 20, that's the very best of it. further west, cloud, still a bit of drizzle here and there and that will still be there this evening. overnight the cloud pushes back to the east, the cloud will thicken and we will get further rain and drizzle around, some mist and fog over the hills in the west. yes, it will be a mild night and a lot milder than last night in the north—east of scotland. the weather pattern today continues int

now to south africa, where a truly phenomenal event occurs each year — the sardine run. from may tojuly, millions of sardines move northward along the eastheir trail. clarisse fortune tells us more. deep under south africa's east coast, a beautiful and intriguing ballet�*s being performed, a choreographed dance of nature. it's the annual migration of millions of sardines, the so—called sardine run, in this part of the indian ocean. but behind the beautiful sight looms danger. it attracts a host of marine predators looking for food. these dolphins lead the trail. they're on the hunt, a sure sign of an upcoming feast. this is a super pod of common dolphins. so, hejust sort of breached there... thousands and thousands of commons dolphins, and these guys are always associated with the sardine run. this group of divers are scanning the surface for activity. and after several hours at sea, they strike it lucky. the cape gannets are there already. this is what's known as a bait ball, a group of sardines that predators have cut off from the main shoal. sardines are always looking for depth, for protection, so they try to go down deep and that's

greater chance of seeing some drier, sunnier and warmer weather in the south and east. the south—west city of zaranj, the first provincial capital to fall to the militants for five years. during a un emergency meeting to discuss the worsening violence, its envoy to the region demanded the militants end their offensive. the greek government has put almost half of the country's regions on high alert as wildfires continue to spread. huge clouds of smoke are billowing over the outskirts of athens. a man has been killed in a village north of the city after being hit by a falling electricity pole. the penultimate day of action at the olympics is underway in tokyo. kenya's peresjepchirchir has won the women's marathon, claiming the country's second consecutive gold medal in the event. later, medals will also be up for grabs in basketball, volleyball and golf. the film review is coming up in about 10 minutes' time.

and if i south—east we could _ south—east. and if i south—east we could hit— south—east.unny spells develop. for much of the _ see sunny spells develop. for much of the day. — see sunny spells develop. for much of the day, much of the uk will have dry conditions some sunshine but remember— dry conditions some sunshine but remember that area of low pressure coming _ remember that area of low pressure coming in? — remember that area of low pressure coming in? here it is, bringing in some— coming in? here it is, bringing in some heavy— coming in? here it is, bringing in some heavy and thundery showers. some _ some heavy and thundery showers. some of— some heavy and thundery showers. some of those will be free quite quickly— some of those will be free quite quickly on — some of those will be free quite quickly on brisk winds. gusts of wind _ quickly on brisk winds. gusts of wind touching our voice across the western _ wind touching our voice across the western isles. under the cloud and rain we _ western isles. under the cloud and rain we are — western isles. under the cloud

but some good spells of sunshine, particularly across the south east.bit disappointing for august, particularly when the showers come along, it'll feel quite cool. but in the sunny spells, we could make 20 degrees or so across the south east. otherwise, generally the mid to high teens celsius. as we head through saturday, we continue with the breeze, further showers. again, some of them will be quite heavy, particularly across central, northern and western areas. perhaps turning a little bit quieter across the south east quadrant of the country. and again nowhere particularly cold, with overnight lows 12—14 degrees. so, into sunday, our area of low pressure still with us, a little bit. pressure still with us, there's fewer isobars on the charts, but there's still enough energy in the low pressure system to generate further showers, which again could be quite heavy in places throughout sunday. mainly across central and northern part of the country, because i think as we head on into the afternoon, there may be a greater chance of seeing some sunnier, dri

but some good spells of sunshine, particularly across the south east.n wind speeds. temperatures will be a bit disappointing for august, particularly when the showers come along, it'll feel quite cool. but in the sunny spells, we could make 20 degrees or so across the south east. 0therwise, generally the mid to high teens celsius. as we head through saturday night, we continue with the breeze, further showers. again, some of them will be quite heavy, particularly across central, northern and western areas. perhaps turning a little bit quieter across the south east quadrant of the country. and again nowhere particularly cold, with overnight lows 12—14 degrees. so, into sunday, ourarea of low pressure still with us, drifting a little bit further northwards and weakening a little bit. there's fewer isobars on the charts, but there's still enough energy in the low pressure system to generate further showers, which again could be quite heavy in places throughout sunday. mainly across central and northern parts of the country, because i think as we head on in

but we now know we are breeding colonies here in the south—east.hey are always learning more and more and when you consider bats really are top predators for flying when you consider bats really are top predators forflying insects when you consider bats really are top predators for flying insects and flying insects themselves are an incredible indicator of environmental health and ecological health, you know, you've got to have those little midges and flies pollinating our season grasses and all that kind of stuff. they are an amazing keystone species in a where they started and where they are going and what they might be encountering way gives us more opportunity to protect them and look after them and in doing so get an idea of the current state and health of our own ecosystem. pretty and settled for august, but good news into next week. high pressure will build and settle things down. we should see temperatures rising further south and east that you are across the uk. but for tomorrow, it is more of the same. sunshine and heavy showers, thanks t

but in the sunshine to the south and east we could get 2a or 25 degrees. e rest of the week into the weekend. so some rain at times in the north and west but overall drier than now. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. another provincial capital in afghanistan falls to the taliban as they continue to make ferocious assaults against key northern cities. a province like kunduz doesn't continually fall to the taliban by accident. you know, there is a lot of bad governance and a lot of bad decisions along the way that can lead to that. after more than two weeks of thrilling sporting action — the tokyo olympic games end with a spectacular closing ceremony. team gb end the games with 22 gold medals as jason kenny's cycling gold makes him the country's most decorated olympian. thousands flee their homes in greece as forest fires burn out of control.

greater chance of seeing some drier, sunnier and warmer weather in the south and east. five years. during a un emergency meeting to discuss the worsening violence, its envoy to the region demanded the militants end their offensive. nearly half the regions in greece are on high alert as the worst wildfires in decades rage across the country. the government has issued a warning about a second wave of blazes as strong winds whip up many of the fires that were being brought under control. the penultimate day of action at the olympics is underway in tokyo. kenya's peresjepchirchir has won the women's marathon, claiming the country's second consecutive gold medal in the event. later, medals will also be up for grabs in basketball, volleyball and golf. now on bbc news, global questions.

east england, into northern ireland at times, too. still a bit of brightness breaking through here, particularly anywhere west of higher ground. further southnday. still quite a breeze across east anglia and the southeast, just taking the edge off the temperatures here. generally around 15—18 around that east coast, but further west, we're likely to see highs of about 22 degrees or so towards the cardiff region, for instance. into the evening hours, most of us end the day on a dry note. just one or two showers not far away from the southeast. there could be a bit more cloud pushing in here as well. most places dry once again as we head through into monday. not quite as cold as recent nights because of more cloud acting as a blanket, so just about staying in double figures as we head through into monday, which is a bank holiday across much of the uk. so, high pressure still with us as we head into monday. spot the difference here — we've got the winds coming in again from the north sea, so dragging in more cloud on monday, particularly for eastern areas. the cloud thick enough for the odd spot of drizzle and a bit of low cloud bringing some

still some rain to come across the south east. it will turn drier across western areas. we will probably have some fairly thick cloud running in across east anglia and south—east england. into the afternoon, the sky brightens up and they will be some showers, some quite heavy. dry with sunshine for south—west england and wales. northern ireland and western areas of scotland. then, into next week, it looks like high pressure is going to be with us. that is going to be bringing the airfrom to be with us. that is going to be bringing the air from scandinavia so no heatwave in the forecast but there will be a pleasant spell of weather. it's going to be largely dry with some sunshine. that settling down process really gets under way on monday. most of us having a dry day with some sunny spells. in the sunshine, it's spells. in the sunshine, its august, it's going to feel warm in that sunshine, temperatures largely climbing into the low 20s. peaking in glasgow, birmingham and cardiff as well. into tuesday, and another largely fine day. a view mist and fog patches for the early

, and a cluster of showers in the near continent, a few of these could encroach into the far south—east breezy with variable amounts of cloud, the best of the sunshine in the northern and western areas with the lightest winds and the best temperatures at rest as well, 20 degrees or so, but again the high teens at the east. a similar story on sunday, most of the cloud across northern and eastern areas, quite a breeze blowing down the north sea coast there and some shelter in the west and best of the sunshine thereto, into the high teens where we have the cloud in the breeze. for monday it looks like a cloudy day generally, probably the best of the sunshine across northern and western areas, so temperatures perhaps just a little into the and western areas, so temperatures perhapsjust a little into the high teens for many, top temperature 22 degrees. here on bbc news... twin bomb attacks at kabul airport with unconfirmed reports of at least 13 deaths — the explosions took place where the us have been stationed — and at a nearby hotel. at least one of the attacks was a suicide bombing — it'

west maintaining that north—westerly air flow, damp start the day across parts of east anglia in south—eastll pull away but in the wake, we are left with cloud with one or two showers and once the morning rain has gone from the east and south—east, many dry if rather cloudy with highs of 16—20. it is a cloudy with highs of 16—20. it is a cloudy picture in the week ahead, most will be dry, some small amounts of rain, fairly cool start to the week, turning warmer later but with a chance of showers at the weekend. goodbye. this is bbc news — the headlines: the taliban are back in the capital of afghanistan for the first time in 20 years. the rush to leave kabul as taliban fighters enter the city. president ghani has also fled the country. the taliban say they want to prevent looting in kabul. there are reports of shooting in several parts of the city. the militants have rolled through the entire country in a matter of weeks. in a bbc interview, a spokesman says women will be safe — if they wear the hijab. the policy is that women can have access to education and to work and of course they will

but there could still be a little drizzle here and there, particularly through tomorrow across south—eastand north—east of england, quite grey conditions here. a lot of cloud for many other parts of the uk. best of the sun is likely to be for western parts of wales, far south—west of england, again perhaps developing in some central areas of scotland, boosting temperatures up to around 20 or 21 degrees, but much cooler around some of those north sea coasts with the wind off the sea and the winds could be a bit stronger i think on tuesday. again we are seeing a lot of cloud heading our way. not a huge amount of sunshine. always going to be better across more sheltered western areas of the uk and under the cloud, temperatures will be typically 18 or 19 celsius. hello, this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. the headlines: the last planes carrying uk troops home from afghanistan have been landing at raf brize norton. their arrival marks the end of britain's 20—year military campaign in the country. with the us withdrawal is due to conclude on tuesday, with the us withdrawal due to conclude on t

you know in london and south—east england, even though it has been a little warmer than average, it's it is still quite dull with all the cloud we've had. high pressure is close to the uk, keeping things settled friday, the weekend and throughout much of next week. doesn't mean sunny, though, and overnight and into the morning, a lot of cloud will have pushed in from the east. and temperatures will be a little lower than this in the countryside. across scotland, a lot of the cloud will clear during friday, but still keeping some towards the east coast. northern ireland, once any fog patches clear, some sunny spells here. for wales, especially in the west, far south—west of england, for cumbria, some occasional sunshine, perhaps developing more widely through some eastern parts of england on through the afternoon. this wind direction, though, will continue a feed of cloud and breeze into the coast of eastern scotland and north—east england, keeping temperatures down here at around 15, 16 degrees, whereas elsewhere, mainly 17 to 20. a little higher, though, with prolonged sunny spells a

patchy fairweather cloud developing through the day and still quite breezy in east anglia and the south—east—east of england under the cloud. we got high pressure in charge this weekend, still there into next week. the centre of the highs to the north—west of the uk and it means the winds around it are feeding in off the north sea. those winds will drag in a lot of cloud around on monday. there may not be too much in the way of sunshine. the best of the sunshine will be towards the western side of the uk where we are more sheltered from what's likely to be a stronger wind in many areas on monday, and that wind off the north sea will make it feel cold around some of those north sea coasts, the best temperatures out towards the west, again 20, possibly pushing 21. tuesday looks fairly similar. if there is any sunshine first thing, it may fill up with cloud a bit more, a lot of cloud on the scene again on tuesday and again a fairly brisk wind coming in too. those temperatures are not going to change very much. near some eastern parts of the uk, temperatures only 16 or 17. with high pressure in

temperature 16—18 in the north, highest values in the south—east of 24 highest values in the south—eastsius. friday, the lower is still with us, still producing the risk of some showers but generally speaking should be a today, some sunshine coming through and highs of 22 celsius. as we head into the weekend, saturday could be a tricky one, a bit of a mess particularly out to the west as we could see some showery outbreaks of rain. keep your eye on that. sunday looks better, drier with some sunshine and again, highs of 22. george. many thanks, louise. a reminder of our top story... 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. hello, i'm olly foster. here's what's coming up on sportsday. no turning back now — lionel messi outlines his ambition at paris saint—germain, but can the club justify the mega—wages for a 30—something mega—star? chelsea signed off last season as european champions. tonight, they are in belfast looking to win the super cup. problems for england ahead of the second test against india at

we've still got some more rain to come, as well across parts of the south east.ross western areas. 13—15 celsius as you start the day. there will be some mist and fog patches to watch out for. eastern scotland, probably over the pennines, eastern areas of england, as well. now, sunday morning, we'll probably have some fairly thick cloud running in across parts of east anglia, south east england, still with some patches of rain expected here. into the afternoon, the skies brighten up and there will be some showers. some of them quite heavy for central and eastern scotland, central and eastern england. dry with sunshine for south—west england and wales, northern ireland and western areas of scotland. then, into next week, it looks like high pressure is going to be with us, and it's going to be bringing the air from scandinavia. so no heatwave in the forecast, but it will be a pleasant spell of weather. it's going to be largely dry with some sunshine to look forward to. so that settling down process really gets under way on monday, with most of us having a dry day w

highs of 20 degrees across the south—east, given some lengthier sunny spells. otherwise, for most, the, we'll see an area of wet weather spread across south wales, southern england thanks to this weather front. further north, the showers will tend to ease down. there'll still be a few around but we'll see lengthy clear skies, variable cloud and, again, temperatures like they've been the last few nights, ranging from 11 to 13 or 1a degrees. now, into next week, monday starts up again sunshine and showers as this area of low pressure still dominates, but then it moves away and allows this ridge of high pressure to build in from tuesday onwards, but low pressure always close by to the north and the west of the uk, so it is here across the north and the west of the country through the upcoming week where we'll see further showers at times. the further south and east you are closer to the ridge of high pressure it'll feel a little bit warmer with more sunshine. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. long—range us bombers have carried out airst

but in south—east scotland and north—east england, it's going to be cool, damp, a little drizzly as welle probably dry. cabbage is typically 18 or 19 celsius, a touch higher in the sunshine in the west. high pressure sitting to the north—west of the uk. around it, you can see where the winds are flowing, dragging in that moisture and cloud. again, it's going to be across western parts of the uk where we could be sheltered from what could be a slightly stronger wind on tuesday. along some eastern coasts of england in particular, a quite chilly 16 or 17 celsius under the cloud. it's still going to be quite blowing as we head into the middle part of the week, because that high pressure is still there so some strong winds around there so some strong winds around the south coast and south—east of england. and it looks like there is still a lot of cloud in the forecast on wednesday across england and wales. scotland and northern ireland hopefully seeing a bit more sunshine. that will provide a bit of warmth and temperatures up to around 20 celsius. the last planes carrying uk troops home from

northern ireland and into western parts of scotland, pegging temperatures back but towards the south—eastt anglia were some sunshine, temperatures could be closer to 25 degrees. by the end of the week, still pretty windy for many parts of the uk and more showers to come across scotland and northern ireland, even a few showers coming into england and wales as well. some sunshine and temperatures back down to nearer normal, between 18 and 22 celsius.— 18 and 22 celsius. record numbers of to urades 18 and 22 celsius. record numbers of tap grades for _ 18 and 22 celsius. record numbers of top grades for students _ 18 and 22 celsius. record numbers of top grades for students across - 18 and 22 celsius. record numbers of top grades for students across the i top grades for students across the uk after exams are cancelled for a second year in a row because of the pandemic. 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. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun. it's the transfer all the football world is talkin

we'll start off quite wet across the south east. that feature clearing away.day, there will be fewer showers around but still dotted around, there will be some torrential downpours in places. top temperatures, again, 20—21 celsius. closer to 17—19 for most. that area of low pressure eventually moves away as we head on into tuesday and a ridge of high pressure builds in across the country from tuesday onwards. this area of low pressure will continue to affect more western parts of the country but i think high pressure will try and dominate for much of the south and the east through the course of the week. so, temperatures will respond. we'll see southerly winds, more sunshine. it will turn much warmer. there will always be the chance of some showers further north and west closer to that area of low pressure. this is bbc news. i'm rich preston. our top stories: hundreds of wildfires burn out of control in greece. ferries carry people to safety as they flee the infernos. screams for help as residents in the northern suburbs of athens desperately try to beat back

killer in the south—east, 22 degrees in the south—east. 22 degrees. —— cooler in the south—east.

but some good spells of sunshine, particularly across the south—east.20 degrees or so across the south—east. 0therwise, generally the mid to high teens celsius. as we head through saturday night, we continue with the breeze, further showers. again, some of them will be quite heavy, particularly across central, northern and western areas. perhaps turning a little bit quieter across the south east quadrant of the country. and again nowhere particularly cold, with overnight lows 12—14 degrees. so, into sunday, ourarea of low pressure still with us, drifting a little bit further northwards and weakening a little bit. there's fewer isobars on the charts, but there's still enough energy in the low pressure system to generate further showers, which again could be quite heavy in places throughout sunday. mainly across central and northern parts of the country, because i think as we head on into the afternoon, there may be a greater chance of seeing some sunnier, drier weather for wales, central and southern england. so, that mayjust bump up temperatures to 21 d

that weather front is going to stink subtly south and east.ll weaken substantially through the night. a band of cloud, as spot of drizzle. clearer skies further north. here we could get single figures. it does mean a different start tomorrow. we should start with some sunshine. another low is moving in. the winds will strengthen once again. further showery rain as we go through the afternoon. a week weather front, a band of cloud across the south coast towards lincolnshire. a lot of dry weather first thing. showery outbreaks of rain into the north—west is that low starts to move in. those showers will rattle through at quite a pace. the winds 40 through at quite a pace. the winds a0 mph. underthe through at quite a pace. the winds a0 mph. under the showers. through at quite a pace. the winds a0 mph. underthe showers. italy south and east temperatures peaking at 2a degrees. friday should be a slightly quieter day. the low pressure is drifting steadily eastwards. so it could still enhance some showers to the north and west of the great glen. not

you know in london and south—east england, even though it has been a little warmer than average, it's close to the uk, keeping things settled friday, the weekend and throughout much of next week. doesn't mean sunny, though, and overnight and into the morning, a lot of cloud will have pushed in from the east. and temperatures will be a little lower than this in the countryside. across scotland, a lot of the cloud will clear during friday, but still keeping some towards the east coast. northern ireland, once any fog patches clear, some sunny spells here. for wales, especially in the west, far south—west of england, for cumbria, some occasional sunshine, perhaps developing more widely through some eastern parts of england on through the afternoon. this wind direction, though, will continue a feed of cloud and breeze into the coast of eastern scotland and north—east england, keeping temperatures down here at around 15, 16 degrees, whereas elsewhere, mainly 17 to 20. a little higher, though, with prolonged sunny spells across western parts. 0vernight and into saturday, areas of cloud, clea

world has come together to develop and distribute vaccines that are saving millions of lives. 0ur south eastgic importance of the visit and the promise by the us of an additional1 million vaccines to vietnam. the biden administration is trying to claw back what it believes is lost us influence, lost over many years but lost during the trump administration, where president trump focused mostly on china, paid very little attention to south east asia. president biden said he wants to reverse that. vice president harris's visit is an important part of that re—shifting again back to this region. and vietnam actually did very well on covid last year. it was almost a poster child for controlling it. all the countries in this region have been hit very hard by the delta variant and very few of them have been able to vaccinate large parts of their population, they're very short of vaccines. vietnam interestingly shorter than most. and this is one area where the us can do very well because china started vaccine diplomacy earlier in the year. in vietnam, the population is actually quite anti—chinese and

see some areas that are perhaps favoured, some of the more persistent showers and some on the far south—eastto monday and that will suppress activity in the atmosphere, perhaps a little bit more cloud drifting across the south—east of england and a breeze of the north sea from time to time, squeezing some rain out of that but it's most unlikely with monday a day i think of dry weather, light winds and some long spells of sunshine. temperature is getting closer to average for the time of year, still average for the time of year, still a couple degrees down across southern england. through the week ahead, though, that high very keen to sit in place, some fine whether any outlook, reasonable temperatures, just a chance of some northerly wind across eastern counties later in the week, calling things a little. this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm... crowds continue to gather outside kabul airport amid reports of chaotic scenes — as the us advises its citizens not to travel there until they are asked, because of security threats outside the gates. senior taliban figures — including the group's c

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we have got some warmer air in east anglia and the south—east — 2a or 25 degrees.d and wales. it might bring some wet and windy weather into the north—west later on sunday. some sunshine further north but we will see the wind... 25 possibly even 26 if we get a bit more sunshine across east anglia, for example. moving things onto friday, yes, it is a little bit cooler across many areas. scotland, the winds will be stronger through most of the day. temperatures are normal for this time of the year — around 19 to 22 celsius. this is bbc news. i'm jane hill. the headlines: oh, my god! a record high number of top a—level grades in england, wales and northern ireland. the education secretary says students deserve to be rewarded after more than a year of disruption. this cohort of students have had to deal with a level of disruption that no—one has ever seen before, not even during a world war, as a result of this pandemic. the pass rate for scottish school qualifications fell slightly this year — but a record number of a grades were awarded. a lawsuit is filed against pr

you know in london and south—east england, even though it has been a little warmer than average, it�*he weekend and throughout much of next week. doesn�*t mean sunny, though, and overnight and into the morning, a lot of cloud will have pushed in from the east. and temperatures will be a little lower than this in the countryside. across scotland, a lot of the cloud will clear during friday, but still keeping some towards the east coast. northern ireland, once any fog patches clear, some sunny spells here. for wales, especially in the west, far south—west of england, for cumbria, some occasional sunshine, perhaps developing more widely through some eastern parts of england on through the afternoon. this wind direction, though, will continue a feed of cloud and breeze into the coast of eastern scotland and north—east england, keeping temperatures down here at around 15, 16 degrees, whereas elsewhere, mainly 17 to 20. a little higher, though, with prolonged sunny spells across western parts. 0vernight and into saturday, areas of cloud, clear spells, down into single figures where you�*re

but again east anglia and the south—east largely dry, around 23 degrees.nday and into monday we have this north—westerly wind starting to develop, so that pushes cooler air across the uk, keeping those high temperatures further south into spain. into monday for the uk, it's not a bad day, a lot of places largely dry, just one or two showers, a lot of cloud feeding in on the north—west breeze. eastern areas getting the best of the sunshine but temperatures around 15—20 degrees. if you have plans for the week ahead, a lot of dry, settled weather. one or two isolated showers at times. quite a bit of cloud in general and temperatures a little bit cool for the time of year. bye— bye. this is bbc news, these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. taliban insurgents continue their advance in afghanistan, as us troops prepare for a massive airlift of civilians from kabul. in the last hour, the afghan president said he was working with international partners to prevent further violence in the country. the plymouth shootings — devon and cornwall po

the south east seeing some sunshine initially and some scotland as well.ch most parts. but as with yesterday, some sunny spells in between. quite windy at times, especially across southern parts, thanks to the low again. and today's top temperatures, well, nothing too dazzling, between 18 and 20 celsius. as we head through towards this evening, the low pressure is still with us, introducing further, heavy, slow—moving showers. some of these, as you can see, bunching together into longer more prolonged spells of rain and through today and this evening, some of them could to localised flooding. more in the way of drier weather starting to creep in, though. temperatures tonight down to 13 or 14 celsius. tomorrow, the low pressure is still nearby and is still likely to introduce more of those showers a couple of weather fronts drift across the uk which in turn will bring some spells of rain across southern parts, you can see one here draped across northern ireland, the north of england, into southern parts of scotland. these will bring showers and more of thos

eventually reaching east anglia and the south—east but it will brighten up the south—east but it willten up across northern ireland and wales and south—west england, with a mixture of sunshine and heavy showers following. temperatures generally disappointing, mostly into the high teens but sunday looks the better of the two days of the weekend, clyde will break up and some sunshine coming through. it stays dry for northern ireland, wales, south—west england and perhaps parts of west of scotland. central and eastern england will see some showers and they could be quite heavy as we enter the afternoon, temperatures into the low 20s. a big change in the weather pattern into next week as high pressure starts to develop, the wind coming from scandinavia so no heatwave on the way, the hot air stays further south around the mediterranean and southern europe but next week, a lot of dry weather, a lot of sunshine and temperatures back into the low 20s and in the august sunshine, it will feel quite nicely warm. about time. that's it, so goodbye from me. now on bbc one, let'sjoin our news teams

you know in london and south—east england, even though it has been a little warmer than average, it'se to the uk, keeping things settled friday, the weekend and throughout much of next week. doesn't mean sunny, though, and overnight and into the morning, a lot of cloud will have pushed in from the east. and temperatures will be a little lower than this in the countryside. across scotland, a lot of the cloud will clear during friday, but still keeping some towards the east coast. northern ireland, once any fog patches clear, some sunny spells here. for wales, especially in the west, far south—west of england, for cumbria, some occasional sunshine, perhaps developing more widely through some eastern parts of england on through the afternoon. this wind direction, though, will continue a feed of cloud and breeze into the coast of eastern scotland and north—east england, keeping temperatures down here at around 15, 16 degrees, whereas elsewhere, mainly 17 to 20. a little higher, though, with prolonged sunny spells across western parts. overnight and into saturday, areas of cloud, clear spe

temperature 16—18 in the north, highest values in the south—east of

we'll start off quite wet across the south—east. that feature clearing away. i think general thinking is for monday, there will be fewer showers around but still dotted around, there will be some torrential downpours in places. top temperatures, again, 20—21 celsius. closer to 17—19 for most. that area of low pressure eventually moves away as we head on into tuesday and a ridge of high pressure builds in across the country from tuesday onwards. this area of low pressure will continue to affect more western parts of the country but i think high pressure will try and dominate for much of the south and east through the course of the week. so, temperatures will respond. we'll see southerly winds, more sunshine. it will turn much warmer. there will always be the chance of some showers further north and west closer to that area of low pressure. this is bbc news, i'm rich preston — our latest headlines. hundreds of wildfires burn out of control in greece. ferries carry people to safety as they flee the infernos. screams for help as residents in the northern suburbs o

showers through scotland, down through the north of england, parts of the midlands and towards the south—easturk in places. generally quite monochrome overhead whereas futher west, brighter. breezier to the south and top temperatures today probably getting to 22 or 23 celsius. in the sunshine feeling pleasant enough, we'll take it. as we move towards tonight we see further heavy showers for a time. thundery and slow—moving in nature as well, and i think most of these will tend to lose a lot of their energy and fizzle out. the return of some low cloud, mist and fog in places. it should be dry and as with last night it'll be quite a mild and muggy night with lows of 14 or 15 celsius. the big picture for the next few days shows this — a big area of high pressure draped across the uk. if you like dry, settled weather, good news because we should plenty of that. we will also tend to see quite a bit of that cloud cover and mist and murk and quite a keen eastern a north—easterly breeze and so along eastern coastal parts we are cranking down on temperatures as a result. further inland and further wes

no doubt there will be some changes to the cloud structure, and towards the south east, perhaps easte breaking through across some central and western parts of scotland, together with northern ireland. many other areas sitting underneath a lot of cloud, and the breeze is still coming in off the north sea. so, right along those north sea coasts, it's not going to feel very warm at all. again, there could be some dampness and drizzle in the air, temperatures struggling to 15—16 degrees. with the sunshine when it comes, temperatures again 20, perhaps even 21 celsius. the high pressure is still there as we head into the middle part of the week. it's not moving anywhere just yet. around it, we've got some stronger winds down the east coast of england, through the english channel and perhaps into the south east of england, where there'll be more cloud, i think, on wednesday. and a lot of cloud will cover england and wales again on wednesday, but hopefully more sunshine in scotland, northern ireland, perhaps into cumbria as well. temperatures in the central belt of scotland getting up to 20

central and eastern areas, more of the breeze in the south—east.sunshine out west. top temperature is going to be a dry one. quite a lot of cloud around, the best of the sunshine out west. top temperatures 21 celsius. this is bbc news, i'm lyse doucet live in kabul. you're watching a bbc news special on the crisis in afghanistan. the military operation to evacuate thousands of people from the country is entering its last few hours, but some afghans desperate to flee taliban rule will be left behind. kabul is still reeling from two explosions at the city's airport on thursday, which killed at least 90 people,