the pontiff was met by members of the catholic community missionaries in the nimo on the south north west coast. rather a people living they have no access to running water and limited electricity. so francis is on the 2nd leg of a full country, 12 a southeast asia, an oceana heavy rain which triggered the flooding, has killed a city to people across india. southern states of under the dish, rescue is a found a challenging to access. some of the flooded areas, people in the city of virginia water, i've been left with little to no access to basic necessities such as food and water . what up, what else of uh, well everybody is struggling. the government officials claim tub provided relief to stranded locals. the tool the vehicle is coming, 8 still pay, so the relief does not reach people stuck inside the home. so it would be great if the release material could reach those who have stuck in the parts of the area. the government officials have been bluffing, but the relief distribution is very inaccessible. the stranded locals have no option but to come here and collect their released material them

resources, its strategic geographic position at the intersection of the world's north, south, east and west, and its vast coastes, as key examples of the country's valuable material assets. dr. mustafa afgha, an iranian economist and university professor. fortunately, the country's potential for economic advancement is extremely high. currently the target is an 8% growth rate, but i believe the country is capable of achieving double digit growth rate. let me share something with you. it's often said that iran is a wealthy nation, referring to its abundant natural resources like oil, gas and minerals. however, i believe that iran's true wealth lies primarily in it. vast human resources which possess exceptional skills and capabilities. when these resources are utilized, effectively, our oil, gas and minerals can transform into national wealth. without human resources, these natural assets remain mere raw materials, far from representing true wealth. meanwhile, mr. bohunar touched upon a point the leader of the revolution had made in his meeting with the cabinet members. population, of course, in recent days ser

north—west scotland. there is a small chance for a shower or two on thursday, but more for friday as we draw in more unstable air in the south. still some cloud conditions for north sea coastouth and it will turn really quite unstable, so more showers, particular in southern areas, on saturday and again on sunday, but drierfurther sunday, but drier further north. sunday, but drierfurther north. goodbye. today at one — 12 people have died and nearly 3,000 injured in a synchronised explosion of pagers used by hezbollah fighters. lebanon says two children are among the dead, as multiple reports suggest israel was behind the attack. we'll be live in beirut and jerusalem. also on the programme... train drivers with the union aslef vote to accept a government pay deal and put an end to two years of strike action. conservationists declare an emergency, as butterfly numbers fall to their lowest on record. full military honours for two british servicemen killed in the struggle to liberate the netherlands in the second world war.

south midlands. further north, though, yes, some areas of low cloud, mist and fog, which may lingerfor some northern and eastern coasts. but further north and westese showers and thunderstorms will continue down towards the south right through into the late afternoon. just to the north of that band of rain, 25—26 degrees. we could also get to 26 in western scotland, and it is going to feel quite humid. now through friday night, this band of showers and perhaps still the odd thunderstorm drifting a little bit further northwards. but many spots will be dry with some mist and murk, again, some areas of fog. it's going to be another pretty warm and humid night. a humid start to saturday with our area of low pressure still churning to the south. that means there is the chance that we'll see further outbreaks of rain pushing up from the south across the channel islands into southern counties of england as we go through the day. spots further north after early mist and murk clears should see, once again, some spells of warm sunshine, although i think it will stay quite grey for some of these eastern coasts. again in the sunny spots with that humid air,

north sea coast as well. the wind will change direction, by saturday they will come in from the south—west. sunday, the milder air will have established itself across the uk, so temperatures once start to nudge up to about 20 or so. some of us will pay for it, in the south—westerly is we often get weather fronts so there will be a few showers on sunday, not everywhere, and certainly some sunny spells. 18 in belfast once again, 17 in aberdeen. to the east of the pennines, not far off 20 celsius. high pressure expected to build across the uk on monday, which means light winds, prolonged spells of sunshine, which are expected to last for the days ahead. monday, tuesday, wednesday across the bulk of the uk, bright and fairly warm. goodbye. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. when israel fires missiles on gaza, it describes them as precision strikes aimed at hamas targets. what results is often catastrophic loss of life. it is beyond dispute that many of those killed are civilians. the toll on humanitarian relief workers is rising, too. in central gaza on wednesday, six un relief agency sta

south—east. cooler along the north—east coast. the low cloud will drift further west tonight. h temperatures remaining in the mid—teens. and the clearer skies in northern scotland, could get into single figures. tomorrow, that cloud should then pray, sunshine, but the threat of heavy showers and thunderstorms, hail could be mixed in, midlands, wales, south—west of england, most prone, but one or two elsewhere. fine in between the showers and sunshine again in the north which will be the picture on sunday. northern ireland and western scotland, sunny and warm. cool and cloudy on the north—east coast. further south, showers and thunderstorms by sunday heavier and more frequent, could be frequent hail and lightning. next week, things turn cooler, more unsettled, distinct autumnal and fairly windy spell of weather on the way. goodbye for now. live from london, this is bbc news. more women have contacted the bbc to say they were assaulted by the former boss of harrods — late mohammed al fayed — whilst working at the luxury department store. israel launches new strikes in southern le

it covers an area from the south coast of iceland and mid—atlantic in the west, to the danish coast in the east, right down to the northf africa. the funny thing about the shipping forecast is that i think so few people understand its actual meaning or relevance, but so many people love it and enjoy listening to it. whilst i was growing up, we had a small boat on the east coast of england. because of that, we'd also grown up listening to the forecast having a real meaning. so i can't remember ever having not listened to the shipping forecast. my clearest memory of this is listening to it when we were in a gale. we're sitting in the cabin of the boat, sort of all kind of huddled in, in the rain. so i've got two days to go. i'm going through all my stuff. it's a bit daunting, cos i've got to get all of this stuff into a kayak, so i'm just trying to go through what i can take, what i can leave. this is a personal locator beacon, and it is connected to, erm, an international rescue system. and you do the thing that you hope you'll never have to do, which is push the red button here. so push the button and, like, a whole fl

it covers an area from the south coast of iceland and mid atlantic in the west to the danish coast in the east, right down to the northf africa. the funny thing about the shipping forecast is that i think so few people understand its actual meaning or relevance but so many people love it and enjoy listening to it. whilst i was growing up, we had a small boat on the east so, i've got two days to go. i'm going through all my stuff. it's a bit daunting, cos i've got to get all of this stuff into a kayak, so i'm just trying to go through what i can take, what i can leave. this is a personal locator beacon and it is connected to an international rescue system and do the thing to do, which is push the red button here. so, push the button and, like, a whole fleet of helicopters turns up! it's my first day on the portuguese coast, which is rocky and mountainous and, i've got to say, it's just incredible. i'm going to start to make my way back round cape saint vincent, and just to see how wild this place is. i'vejust turned into nordfjordeid. you can see some buildings, which i think is skogfjorden? i'm planning to stay here f

north sea coast. into the weekend, saturday we see some of the show lingering for friday night across the south—west andisolated showers in northern england but low brings rings drizzled toronto's north sea coast, plenty of sunshine still north and west but temperatures here dropping a bit more as a breeze picks up. that breeze will pick up further into sunday, low pressure drifting towards us by this stage so some longer spells of heavy and thundery rain possible across wales, central and southern england. some spots may avoid, east anglia may not be too bad, drier further north but patchy drizzle where the low cloud lingers near eastern coasts. live from london. this is bbc news lebanon is reeling with 20 dead and a50 wounded, the day after thousands of pagers detonated. the us says it is working to prevent further escalation in the conflict between israel and hezbollah, as israel says it is opening a new phase in the war. the late mohamed al—fayed — former owner of harrods — is accused of rape by five female ex—employees, a bbc documentary reveals. evacuations in northern italy as storm boris — which

north sea coast. into the weekend, saturday, because he showers lingering across the south—west, then developing more ome drizzle to the north sea coast. plenty of sunshine to the north and west back temperature see a bit as the breeze picks up. that breeze will pick up further into sunday, the pressure drifting towards us by this stage bringing longer spells of heavy and thundery rain possible across wales, central and southern england. 0ne across wales, central and southern england. one or two spots, east anglia may not be too bad, drierfurther north but with patchy drizzle where that blue that lingers near eastern coasts. that is all for now. —— where that low cloud lingers. this is bbc news. the headlines... lebanon is reeling — with 20 dead and at least a50 wounded in explosions — a day after thousands of pagers detonated. the us says its working to prevent a further escalation in the conflict between israel and hezbollah, as israel says it's opening a �*new phase' in the war. the late mohamed al—fayed — former owner of harrods — is accused of rape by five female ex—employees, a bbc documentary r

rain to come, particularly into the south—west through this evening in the north—west though staying dry and warm through the next few days and across the east coastnorth sea. there'll be quite a lot of cloud around through this evening and into the start of saturday as well. still some drizzly rain across some northeastern coasts of scotland and england, as well as across the south, where we'll see heavy rain now that will push and become more focused into parts of south wales, as well as some northern areas of devon as well, so we could see some further surface water through this evening here. a lot of cloud around tonight and after a pretty warm day for many of us, temperatures are going to be quite mild for the time of year to start the day on saturday. but if you're after sunshine, you're going to have to head up to the north and west through saturday as across the south, although there is a little bit of a respite from the rainfall to come. first thing tomorrow, there will be further outbreaks of rain later on in the day, but across northwestern areas of england, northern ireland as well as northwestern scotland, the highlands, seeing the be

north sea coast. into the weekend, saturday, we see showers lingering from friday across the south west, then developingplenty of sunshine to the north and west but temperatures dropping as the breeze picks up. that breeze will pick up further into sunday, the low pressure drifting towards us by this stage bringing longer spells of heavy and thundery rain possible across wales, central and southern england. one or two spots may avoid, east anglia may not be too bad, drier further north, but with patchy drizzle where that low cloud lingers near eastern coasts. that is all for now. today at one, five female staff who worked for the late mohamed al fayed at harrods say he raped them, and the store helped cover it up. since reporting the story, more former harrods employees have contacted the bbc to say they were assaulted by him. also on the programme... no change in interest rates — they're held at 5% by the bank of england. some prisoners who were freed under the government's early release scheme tell the bbc they weren't fitted with electronic tags. a damning review of maternity care in england says har

north—west coast. later today he will travel south—east asia �*s youngest country, we will keep track of his movements flooding rains to some this weekend. a month's worth of rain fell in parts of the west midlands on the slow moving weather front on sunday, which is only slowly easing its way eastwards through the remainder of the night. so the heaviest rain does ease. the thunderstorms ease away as well, but there'll be misty low cloud and hill fog with this weather system in the east. further west the skies start to clear and it will be chillier for scotland and northern ireland in particular. and in fact in these areas it was chillier on sunday as well. still warm and muggy in the south and still with a lot of murky weather, first thing on monday, quite grey, quite damp on that weather front initially, but compared with sunday for wales, for north west england, for the south—west of england, it's much drier picture eastern scotland as well. but the rain does roll back in to the west of scotland, northern ireland later and this cloud, murky low cloud, could just hang on in east anglia and the south

north sea coast as well. the winds will change direction, by saturday they will come in from the south—west.uk, so temperatures once again start to nudge up to about 20 or so. some of us will pay for it, in the south—westerlies we often get weather fronts so there will be a few showers on sunday, but not everywhere, and certainly some sunny spells. 18 in belfast once again, 17 in aberdeen. to the east of the pennines, not far off 20 celsius. high pressure expected to build across the uk on monday, which means light winds, prolonged spells of sunshine, which are expected to last for the days ahead. monday, tuesday, wednesday across the bulk of the uk, bright and fairly warm. goodbye. testing times for boeing — as workers vote on a new contract, some call for a crippling strike. 23,000 members, that's a lot of people, a lot of people and that can affect the economy. especially after a couple months. and we hearfrom one of the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, about why it's such a hot topic ahead of the us election. hello and welcome to business today. i'm katie silver. we begin in the

north—east of england. a chilly start tomorrow but many places will be dry and sunny, showers from the word go in northern ireland, scotland and the far south—west and running down the north sea coastud bubbling up which means more showers developing again. perhaps not quite as many as today are not quite as heavy and the wind is not as strong either. but not doing much for those temperatures, still 13, 15 degrees. we have the cold air in place later on thursday and overnight, and before the weather front comes from the atlantic high pressure is building across the uk. so turning the wind light in the skies will be clear and dry and it will be the coldest night of the week. early friday temperatures and quite a few places could be close to freezing with the risk of some frost. so cole starts, a bright start with some sunshine. through friday the cloud tending to increase and we will see some rain coming into northern ireland and western parts of scotland as well. without cloud after a cold start temperature is not rising very much. but across england and wales it probably will not be quite as cold at 15 or 16 degrees. heading into the weekend high pressure in the south of the uk, t

south midlands. further north, though, yes, some areas of low cloud, mist and fog, which may linger for some northern and eastern coasts. but further north and westnue down towards the south right through into the late afternoon. just to the north of that band of rain, 25—26 degrees. we could also get to 26 in western scotland, and it is going to feel quite humid. now through friday night, this band of showers and perhaps still the odd thunderstorm drifting a little bit further northwards. but many spots will be dry with some mist and murk, again, some areas of fog. it's going to be another pretty warm and humid night. a humid start to saturday with our area of low pressure still churning to the south. that means there is the chance that we'll see further outbreaks of rain pushing up from the south across the channel islands into southern counties of england as we go through the day. spots further north after early mist and murk clears should see, once again, some spells of warm sunshine, although i think it will stay quite grey for some of these eastern coasts. again in the sunny spots with that humid air, temperatures could get to around 23—24

south midlands. further north, though, yes, some areas of low cloud, mist and fog, which may linger for some northern and eastern coasts. but further north and westds the south right through into the late afternoon. just to the north of that band of rain, 25—26 degrees. we could also get to 26 in western scotland, and it is going to feel quite humid. now through friday night, this band of showers and perhaps still the odd thunderstorm drifting a little bit further northwards. but many spots will be dry with some mist and murk, again, some areas of fog. it's going to be another pretty warm and humid night. a humid start to saturday with our area of low pressure still churning to the south. that means there is the chance that we'll see further outbreaks of rain pushing up from the south across the channel islands into southern counties of england as we go through the day. spots further north after early mist and murk clears should see, once again, some spells of warm sunshine, although i think it will stay quite grey for some of these eastern coasts. again in the sunny spots with that humid air, temperatures could get to around 23—24 degrees. by su

north sea coast as well. the winds will change direction. at the time we get to saturday what they will start to come in from the south—west. will have to pay for it. there will be a few showers around on sunday. not everywhere but certainly some sunny spells in the forecast. here temperatures. 18 in belfast once again. 17 in aberdeen. not far off 20 celsius east of the penance. high pressure is expected to build across the uk on monday. that means light winds, prolonged spells of sunshine, which are expected to last for the days ahead. look at that, monday, tuesday, wednesday, because the bulk of the uk, bright and fairly warm. bye—bye. this is bbc news. the headlines: russia revokes the accreditation of six british diplomats, accusing them of spying. it comes as sir keir starmer arrives in washington for talks with president biden. they'll discuss allowing ukraine to strike russia with western weapons. president putin has warned it would escalate the war. the pope leaves singapore after his 12—day trip to the asia—pacific region. david beckham joins mourners at the funeral of former england football manager sven—goran eri

south midlands. further north, though, yes, some areas of low cloud, mist and fog, which may linger for some northern and eastern coasts. but further north and westh into the late afternoon. just to the north of that band of rain, 25—26 degrees. we could also get to 26 in western scotland, and it is going to feel quite humid. now through friday night, this band of showers and perhaps still the odd thunderstorm drifting a little bit further northwards. but many spots will be dry with some mist and murk, again, some areas of fog. it's going to be another pretty warm and humid night. a humid start to saturday with our area of low pressure still churning to the south. that means there is the chance that we'll see further outbreaks of rain pushing up from the south across the channel islands into southern counties of england as we go through the day. spots further north after early mist and murk clears should see, once again, some spells of warm sunshine, although i think it will stay quite grey for some of these eastern coasts. again in the sunny spots with that humid air, temperatures could get to around 23—24 degrees. by sunday, it looks like our a

south midlands. further north, though, yes, some areas of low cloud, mist and fog, which may linger for some northern and eastern coasts. but further north and westwn towards the south right through into the late afternoon. just to the north of that band of rain, 25—26 degrees. we could also get to 26 in western scotland, and it is going to feel quite humid. now through friday night, this band of showers and perhaps still the odd thunderstorm drifting a little bit further northwards. but many spots will be dry with some mist and murk, again, some areas of fog. it's going to be another pretty warm and humid night. a humid start to saturday with our area of low pressure still churning to the south. that means there is the chance that we'll see further outbreaks of rain pushing up from the south across the channel islands into southern counties of england as we go through the day. spots further north after early mist and murk clears should see, once again, some spells of warm sunshine, although i think it will stay quite grey for some of these eastern coasts. again in the sunny spots with that humid air, temperatures could get to around 23—24 degree

north and east tending to retreat towards the coast. a good deal of sunshine across the north and west of the uk. but further southds later in the day. but just to the north of that band of rain, very warm tomorrow, 25, 26, maybe 27. western scotland also seeing some very warm weather with a humid feel. that band of rain in the south tracks northwards during tomorrow night. it will weaken but with low pressure swirling up from the south, that means more rain for some of us over the weekend. again, the rain focused down towards the south on saturday, moving across the channel islands and perhaps southern counties of england, against some of it heavy and thundery. a bit drier and brighterfurther north it heavy and thundery. a bit drier and brighter further north and west. again, feeling quite warm and humid. for the second half of the weekend, a mixture of styles of warm sunshine, a fairamount a mixture of styles of warm sunshine, a fair amount of cloud and still some sharp showers in the south. and before we go, a look at what's on the news at ten tonight, a special report on overcrowding in prisons from inside hmp

south midlands. further north, though, yes, some areas of low cloud, mist and fog, which may linger for some northern and eastern coasts. but further north and weste down towards the south right through into the late afternoon. just to the north of that band of rain, 25—26 degrees. we could also get to 26 in western scotland, and it is going to feel quite humid. now through friday night, this band of showers and perhaps still the odd thunderstorm drifting a little bit further northwards. but many spots will be dry with some mist and murk, again, some areas of fog. it's going to be another pretty warm and humid night. a humid start to saturday with our area of low pressure still churning to the south. that means there is the chance that we'll see further outbreaks of rain pushing up from the south across the channel islands into southern counties of england as we go through the day. spots further north after early mist and murk clears should see, once again, some spells of warm sunshine, although i think it will stay quite grey for some of these eastern coasts. again in the sunny spots with that humid air, temperatures could get to around 23—24 de

warm sunshine up towards the north west, often quite cloudy and cool close to these north sea coasts, and with the chance for those showers and thunderstorms down towards the southany parts of the uk, and even where we keep hold of some clear skies — say, across parts of northern ireland — we could see a few fog patches. a little bit on the chilly side across north—west scotland, down into northern ireland. further south and east, though, with the cloud and the breeze, a mild start to friday morning, a lot of cloud around first thing — that tending to retreat towards the east coast, but staying pretty murky, i think, for parts of north—east england and eastern scotland. and then we start to see these showers and thunderstorms breaking out across parts of wales, southern and south—western parts of england. we could see a lot of rain in a short space of time. and those temperatures, if anything, a little bit down on where they have been. during friday night, we continue to see this feed of cloud into parts of north—east england, eastern scotland, staying quite murky here. through saturday, sunshine for western scotland and northern ireland, but further south acros

south—east for a good part of the day. always coolerjust along that north—east coast and that low cloud and mist and murk willjust drift its way further westove through the course of tonight. there'll also be another batch of showers moving into the far south. another mild night for most of us, with temperatures remaining in the mid—teens in the south. into single figures across the north of scotland under clearer skies. now through the day tomorrow, we start off a bit like today with quite a bit of cloud, should thin and break with some sunshine developing, but then that threat of heavy showers and thunderstorms, hail could be mixed in and some torrential downpours through parts of the midlands, wales and the south—west of england. again, this area most prone, but there could be one or two elsewhere. temperatures about 16 to 23 degrees again on saturday, so fine in between any of those showers and some sunshine again in the north, which is going to be the picture on sunday. again for northern ireland and western scotland, sunny, warm conditions here, but cool and cloudy around the north—east coast. further south, though, those showers and

south the threat of thunderstorms to the west midlands, wales, dorset and devon. 16 to 23 for most of us, sunshine holding on for east anglia and the south—east, always cooler along the north—east coastanother batch of showers moves into the far south. temperatures remaining in the mid—teens in the south, could just get into single figures across the north of scotland and clearer skies. tomorrow starts with quite a bit of cloud which had thin and bright —— break with sunshine developing, that the threat of heavy showers and thunderstorms, hail mixed in a potential downpours. there could be one or two elsewhere, temperature is about 16 to 23 on saturday, so fine in between the showers and sunshine in the north, which will be the picture on sunday. for northern ireland to western scotland sunny and warm, cool and cloudy around the north—east coast, further south the showers and thunderstorms will be heavier and more frequent, there could be frequent hail and lightning. things turn cooler and more unsettled into next week, a more autumnal spell of weather on the way. goodbye for now. this is bbc news. the headlines... more women have contacted the bbc to say they were assaulted ijy bbc

warm sunshine up towards the north west, often quite cloudy and cool close to these north sea coasts, and with the chance for those showers and thunderstorms down towards the southlittle bit on the chilly side across northwest scotland, down into northern ireland. further south and east, though, with the cloud and the breeze, a mild start to friday morning, a lot of cloud around first eastern scotland, staying quite murky here through saturday. sunshine for western scotland and northern ireland, but further south across england and wales, i think we'll see more of these heavy downpours and thunderstorms — perhaps the worst of those from the midlands, westwards into wales and the south—west of england. temperatures north to south around 16 to 22 degrees into sunday. it looks like we'll see the showers joining into longer spells of rain. again, though, confined to southern parts of england, the midlands, wales. further north, largely dry. best of the sunshine to the north—west. quite murky for some of these eastern coasts. and then, as we head on into next week it does look very unsettled. low pressure is set to be in charge. we'll see some rain at times. it could

well, maybe along some north sea coast just 15 or 16 degrees, but elsewhere 18—21 with a slightly more humid feel. but as we head into the evening, this heavy rain affecting south westks like we will see more rain pushing along the south coast. so with that rain really totting up, there is the risk of flooding, some disruption. further north, largely dry, some mist and murk and low cloud for north sea coast. quite a muggy start to friday morning. more rain through the day on friday across southern england, perhaps pushing northwards into south wales and the midlands, perhaps east anglia as well as we go through the day. further north, while still some areas of low cloud, mist and murk for some northern and eastern coasts, but further west, some good spells of sunshine, and look at the temperatures — liverpool at 26 degrees, parts of western scotland at 25 degrees, so feeling warm and quite humid into the weekend. 0ur area of low pressure continues to swirl to the south of us, throwing some showers northwards. still quite a lot of mist and murk and low cloud. could be some fog around to start, saturday morning. should see some spells of sunshine, and again, in the su

across the far south—west and into wales, approaching northern ireland, northern england and the midlands by the time we get to the end of the day. further north and west and through the east coastening and into thursday. then you can see this brisk easterly wind that is going to keep piling that rain across into north—east england in

warm sunshine up towards the north west, often quite cloudy and cool close to these north sea coasts, and with the chance for those showers and thunderstorms down towards the southt on the chilly side across northwest scotland, down into northern ireland. further south and east, though, with the cloud and the breeze, a mild start to friday morning, a lot of cloud around first thing — that tending to retreat towards the east coast, but staying pretty murky, i think, for parts of north—east england and eastern scotland. and then we start to see these showers and thunderstorms breaking out across parts of wales, southern and southwestern parts of england. we could see a lot of rain in a short space of time. and those temperatures, if anything, a little bit down on where they have been. during friday night, we continue to see this feed of cloud into parts of north—east england, eastern scotland, staying quite murky here. through saturday, sunshine for western scotland and northern ireland, but further south across england and wales, i think we'll see more of these heavy downpours and thunderstorms — perhaps the worst of those from the midlands, westwards into wales

from the south—west, st ives, to the north—east. towards eastern facing coastsfrom friday. for the rest of this afternoon, it is pretty clear, not too much going on. cloud in north sea facing coasts which has hung on since this morning and more of a breeze in the south—east. temperatures for many, suppressed under the cloud but we could still get to the mid 20s in northern scotland and south—east england perhaps. tonight, more of the same. we are drawing in more moisture tonight. a murky start tomorrow with low cloud on the easterly breeze. clearest in the north and west but here we will see fog patches developing tomorrow morning. in the south of england, 14 celsius as we start the day on thursday. again quite murky to start. sunshine emerging first in the west which is where it will be best through the day. cloud burning back to eastern coasts. breezy in the south. a chance of a shower but i think you will be unlucky. temperatures widely in the low 20s. 26 may be in south—east england. but we see changes as we head into friday here. we could potentially see he

north of scotland, 2a, 25 to the south—east of england. fresher along the coast with the sea breeze. that helps generate the cloud and push it westwards. it never quite makes it to the far weste fog patches warm with temperatures down to single figures with skies remaining clear. into thursday morning, of cloud that parts of eastern and much of england. it will take until early afternoon for some of that to go but some eastern coasts, unlike today, across scotland will see some of that low cloud lingering, and turning cloudy in the far north later on. temperatures pushing towards the west were the clear skies will be, looking at 25, 26 to the west of london. going into friday, we do it all over again but this time, more cloud through central and eastern scotland, taking some time to shift and clear. cloud may prick across england and wales or sunny spells but a chance to the west of london of showers developing, some of those across the midlands and wales at the south—west could become heavy and country. most away from that will be dry with temperatures dropping closer back to where they should be for of the year. that continues into the weekend, but with low pressure develo

south. a drier looking day on saturday. there will be some brightness around, still some cloud and a few showers out towards the far north and west across irish sea coastsy no higher than 11—15c. so a different feel to things as we head into the weekend. sunday looking cloudier, still some brighter spells at times. unsettled, wet and windy for many on sunday night. live from beirut. this is bbc news, i'm anna foster. israel's prime minister tells the military to keep fighting lebanon's his brother with full force — despite calls from world leaders for a 21—day ceasefire. —— hezbollah. there's been a large explosion in the southern suburbs of beirut , as the israeli military says it was carrying out what it called "precise strikes" in the lebanese capital. i'll have all the latest from our correspondents in the region and at the united nations. also in the headlines... president zelenskiy thanks president biden and the us police in london say they are investigating a number of new allegations made against the late harrods owner who has been accused of rape and sexual assault. us prosecutors charge the mayor of new york, eric adams, with five counts of cr

south, a drier looking day on saturday. there will be some brightness around, still some cloud and a few showers out towards the far north and west across irish sea coasto a different feel to things as we head into the weekend. sunday looking cloudier, still some brighter spells at times. unsettled, wet and windy for many on sunday night. live from beirut. this is bbc news. israel's prime minister tells the military to keep fighting lebanon's hezbollah with full force — despite calls from world leaders for a 21—day ceasefire. there's been a large explosion in the southern suburbs of beirut — as the israeli military said it was carrying out what it called "precise strikes" in the lebanese capital. i'll have all the latest from our correspondents in the region and at the united nations. also in the headlines... police in london say they're looking to see if anyone else can be pursued for criminal offences relating to sexual assault and rape claims made against former harrods owner mohamed al fayed. and injapan, the world's longest—serving prisoner on death row has been acquitted — more than half a century after his conviction. hello, you are watching bbc

outbreaks of rain across parts of east anglia, south east england, a brisk northeasterly wind blowing for the north sea facing coasts but towards the north and the westill start to pick up. it's looking largely dry on wednesday, thursday and friday. bye— bye. voice-over: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. outside the confines of his own regime, few people believe nicolas maduro won venezuela's presidential election two months ago. independent observers say the vote count was compromised. the opposition points to evidence that its candidate won by a wide margin. so, what now? well, the maduro government has ramped up repression. international diplomacy hasn't persuaded the president to step down. my guest is the de facto leader of the anti—maduro opposition, maria corina machado. maduro has long defied those predicting his demise — is now any different?

across the far south—west and into wales, approaching northern ireland, northern england and the midlands by the time we get to the end of the day. further north and west and through the east coastit is largely dry, but that rain will continue to push northwards and eastwards through wednesday evening and into thursday. then you can see this brisk easterly wind that is going to keep piling that rain across into north—east england in particular, especially for the north york moors as we had to thursday, stretching further west into northern ireland. to the north and south of that front, a lot of dry weather, but it is feeling cold across scotland. we draw down a northerly wind and cold air spreads everywhere on friday, with possibly a widespread frost on friday night. thanks, elizabeth. and that's bbc news at six. now it's time to join our colleagues for the news where you are, goodbye. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm jane dougall. are england on course for an embarrassing defeat to australia? they're struggling to save the series and their blushes, we'll be live to durham for the latest. it's rumoured to be serious, but will rodri be out for the rest of the season? and how

right now, i'm talking with people in blue states and swing districts from coast-to-coast, north, south, east, and west. reminding them that right now we are no longer in a battle just between two parties. we are now in a battle between two competing visions for who we are as a nation and who we want to be. as conservatives, we believe the founding principles of america made us the greatest nation in the world. the principles of individual freedom and limited government, the rule of law, peace through strength, fiscal responsibility, free markets and human dignity. the things that made us the most free, most successful, powerful, and benevolent nation in the history of the world are in question right now because the progressives are trying to take us over the ledge. i believe that together we are going to get another opportunity. we will get out of this valley to a much broader place. i want to thank eric erickson for all he has done for the years to stand for these causes, and i pray that we are successful and that god will give us another chance to save this great republic. thanks for being there. go

south wales and the midlands, perhaps east anglia as well as we go through the day. further north, while still some areas of low cloud, mist and murk for some northern and eastern coasts, but further westf sunshine, and look at the temperatures — liverpool at 26 degrees, parts of western scotland at 25 degrees, so feeling warm and quite humid into the weekend. 0ur area of low pressure continues to swirl to the south of us, throwing some showers northwards. still quite a lot of mist and murk and low cloud. could be some fog around to start saturday morning. should see some spells of sunshine and, again, in the sunshine, feeling very warm with those temperatures, perhaps up to around 25 degrees. into sunday, more of the same, really. some showers, particularly in the south. some sunshine, too. still feeling warm and muggy. live from washington. this is bbc news. israel's prime minister insists forces will not leave a key strip of land along gaza's border with egypt. it's the latest obstacle towards a ceasefire with hamas. police in the us state of georgia say a 14—year—old student will be charged and tried as an adult after four people are shot dead at a high school. ukraine's president

north sea coast, as well. the winds will change direction, by saturday they will come in from the south west.o about 20 or so. some of us will pay for it. in the 5outh—we5terlie5, we often get weather front5, so there will be a few showers around on sunday, but not everywhere, and certainly some sunny spell5. 18 in belfast once again, 17 in aberdeen. to the east of the pennines, not far off 20 celsius. high pressure expected to build across the uk on monday, which means light winds, prolonged spells of sunshine, which are expected to last for the days ahead. monday, tuesday, wednesday across the bulk of the uk, bright and fairly warm. bye— bye. boeing awaits the result of a strike vote which could halt production of the 737 and 737 max aircraft. prime minister sir keir starmer arrives in the united states for a tete—a—tete with president biden. we'll discuss the trade implications. scotland's only oil refinery is to close