south wales police _ cross over and listen in. south wales police were _ cross over and listen in.re called - cross over and listen in. south wales police were called at. cross over and listen in. south | wales police were called atjust before ten past 9am following a report a woman had been stabbed in aberfan. the suspect left intimately and armed officers have been carrying inquiries throughout the day. this afternoon, a 20—year—old local man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. the is known to the victim and is currently in police custody. i appreciate there will be a real sense of shock any local community, the attack having happened in broad daylight. local schools activity the lockdown critical to keep peoples safe. officers have been in the area to ensure peoples have been enabled to leave school safely at the normal time. this was done as a precaution and schools will open tomorrow as normal. this was a targeted attack. the woman remains in hospital with injuries which are not believed to be life—threatening at this time. i want to thank the local community and pa

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a person remains unaccounted for after a large fire broke out at an industrial estate in south wales.rest industrial estate, pontypridd, around 7pm, on wednesday, and said roads in the area would remain closed for some time. eyewitnesses reported hearing a massive explosion and the area's mp said there were walking wounded. police searching for a mother of three who went missing almost a week ago in norwich, have released cctv of her last known movements. 55—year—old gaynor lord disappeared after failing to return home from work. norfolk constabulary also said it was linking in with police in lancashire because of similarities with the nicola bulley investigation. the government has decided to extend talks with political leaders in northern ireland to try to secure a return of devolution. it made the decision after round—table discussions with the four biggest local parties last night. you're live with bbc news. there's a warning patients in england are being put at risk because of dangerous delays as winter pressures begin to hit the national health service. ambulance service leaders

in aberfan in south wales. were sent to the moy road district of aberfan after 9am this morning. joining us on the line is our reporter from joining us on the line is our reporterfrom the scene joining us on the line is our reporter from the scene in aberfan. bring it up to date.— reporter from the scene in aberfan. bring it up to date. what we do know is that police — bring it up to date. what we do know is that police were _ bring it up to date. what we do know is that police were called _ bring it up to date. what we do know is that police were called here - bring it up to date. what we do know is that police were called here to - is that police were called here to the moy road area at around ten past nine this morning, i can tell you that at the moment there is a police cordon covering around three houses on the junction of coronation place there are police officers on duty at there are police officers on duty at the moment. aside from that, it is a very quiet scene here. quite different from a few hours ag

—west as well wales and the south—west as well dunng wales and the south—west as well during theund 12 from the west. highs around 12 degrees in the isles, but degrees in the scilly isles, but still very chilly the still feeling very chilly in the east, the coast . east, particularly on the coast. and then thursday, that rain pushes further east, bringing some with it some weather warnings with it across western areas of the uk, as well as parts of the northeast of scotland . and that northeast of scotland. and that rain will continue to stick with us through the end of the week and into the start of the weekend. but temperatures do finally start rise by by that finally start to rise by by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers as sponsors of weather on . gb news way. >> good afternoon. it's 5:00. i'm martin dalby. welcome to gb news. i'm keeping you company for the next hour. we've got loads more to come in a juicy action packed menu top story vastly more robust. that's what home secretary james cleverly is calling the rwanda deal. he signed today in the east african nation.

young and old, child, male orfemale south wales.female and each of those eight voices is bilingual.— of those eight voices is bilinuual. ., ., , bilingual. for more stories from across _ bilingual. for more stories from across the _ bilingual. for more stories from across the uk - bilingual. for more stories from across the uk head l bilingual. for more stories| from across the uk head to bilingual. for more stories i from across the uk head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. snow, ice and plummeting temperatures are causing problems across large parts of the uk. heavy snow in cumbria caused havoc on the roads, leaving hundreds of drivers trapped in their cars and more than 2—and—a—half—thousand people without electricity. police declared a major incident and are still advising people to avoid the county. yunis mulla has this report severe weather left a blanket of snow. in some areas, as much as 30 centimetres fell. motorists were caught out and stranded. this is ambleside. kerry abandoned her trip home to kendal a

uncertainty about how far south rainbow travel, but it looks at the moment like it could get as far south as north wales. to the south of art, southern part of england through the midlands, looking drier and brighter with some sunshine and still mild. this is bbc news, the headlines: president putin warns the war with ukraine will continue until russia achieves its aims. he's holding his first major news conference since the war started. the republican—led us house of representatives votes to formally authorise an impeachment inquiry into president biden. and the uk's spy agency gchq reveals its annual brainteaser for schoolchildren. let's ta ke let's take you to belfast. can you tell us what happened today and some of the background? it relates to bloody sunday, 30th january 1970 two, one of the worst incident during the conflict in northern ireland known as the troubles and many people were killed and one of the most significant and have a conflict developed lasting from the late 19605 to the conflict developed la5ting from the late 19605 to the late 19905. 13 people were shot dead by the british army

communities in south wales . south wales. at the time, south wales was quite a booming area economically. these immigrants found a place to work, but i think there was more to it than that and i think religion played a part in this sense. both the methodists of south wales and the jews were non conformists. true, it wasn't an established church. they both loved their bible. they both prayed in very informal setups, in small congregations. and i think there was a natural affinity. so when it came to choosing a title, i wanted to remember a place that gave my family refuge. um there was a famous blip in 1911. there was actually a riot in tredegar, but we remember that because it was the exception, the jews in south wales had a long history. it was a welcoming place for them, and i wanted to recognise that when i wanted to recognise that when ichose i wanted to recognise that when i chose my title and history is very important to the to the jewish faith and, uh, you've recognised that with your title . recognised th

well, let's bring you up to date with events in aberfan , in south wales, in aberfan, in south wales, where police are saying a 28 year old man has been arrested now on suspicion of attempted murder following the stabbing of a 29 year old woman. this morning , a pregnant woman was morning, a pregnant woman was subjected to a knife attack in broad daylight on the street. chief inspector rob miles from south wales. police gave this update earlier. >> the man is known to the victim and is currently in police custody. i appreciate there will be a real sense of shock when the local community, with the attack having happened in broad daylight, local schools activated their lockdown protocols to keep people safe . protocols to keep people safe. neighbourhood officers have been in the area to ensure ensure pupils have been able to leave the school safely at their normal time . this was done as normal time. this was done as a precaution and schools will reopen tomorrow as normal. this was a targeted attack. the woman remains in hospital with injuries which are not believed to be life threateni

the new south wales rural fire service says around 86 fires are burning across the state of new southe risk of bushfires that can happen at any time of the year depending on where you are and climate scientists are warning that these extremes are exacerbated and made more intense by climate change. so australians... what i wanted to ask, why are we seeing such wild weather in australia? you have a heatwave in one part and flooding in the other? australia is a very big place, the sixth largest country in the world so we had this very oppressive heat here in new south wales for example, also very hot temperatures in the state of south australia. down there in recent days they experienced temperatures in some parts of south australia of 47 degrees celsius, in excess of 116 fahrenheit so extremely warm and fire authorities say they have not faced this sort of fire conditions that they have had in recent days for many years but such is the pressure, very changeable nature of the australian weather, we've had some heavy rain in south australia so the fire danger there has been mitigated som

the new south wales rural fire service says around 86 fires are burning across the state of new south's always been drawing with the risk of bushfires that can happen at any time of the year depending on where you are about climate scientists are warning that these extremes are exacerbated and made more intense by climate change. so australians... made more intense by climate change. so australians. . ._ so australians... what i wanted to ask, wh so australians... what i wanted to ask. why are _ so australians... what i wanted to ask. why are we — so australians... what i wanted to ask, why are we seeing _ so australians... what i wanted to ask, why are we seeing such - so australians... what i wanted to ask, why are we seeing such wild i ask, why are we seeing such wild weather in australia? you have a heat wave in one part and flooding in the other?— in the other? australia is a very bi in the other? australia is a very his place. _ in the other? australia is a very his place. the _ in the other? australia is a very big place, the sixth _ in the other? australia is a very big place,

emergency services are heavily involved in this ongoing incident in south wales.ng news story on bbc news as and when we get it. twenty two hikers are now known to have been killed near the crater of indonesia's mount marapi volcano, on the island of sumatra, after it erupted over the weekend. one more is still missing. there were 75 hikers in the area during the main eruption on sunday, but most were have been safely evacuated. sunday's eruption at mount marapi was the deadliest since 1979, when an eruption killed 60 people. to new zealand next where there's been a day of peaceful protests and demonstrations across the country against the newly—formed coalition government on the opening day of parliament. maori leaders are calling for action against government policies which limit co—governance. they say the policies are an assault on some indigenous new zealanders and the treaty of new zealand's founding document. a decade—long wait for gamers is over. finally a trailer for the sixth main game in the grand theft auto series has been released. rockstar games rele

armed police have arrested a suspect after a woman was stabbed in aberfan in south wales. england are to stage more strikes in december and january after rejecting a new pay offer from the government. and a billion—dollar version of grand theft auto is revealed in a new trailer, the first update of the game in a decade. all of those stories in a moment or two, and we are keeping an eye on that news conference from south wales police. as soon as it starts, we will obviously carry that live, but let's first of all head to the bbc sport centre.

armed police are searching for a suspect after a woman was stabbed in aberfan, south wales.ls nearby are in lockdown as a precaution. time to act on watch thefts — tens of millions of pounds worth of luxury watches snatched from victims every year. time for a look at the business news now with tadhg enright. we are talking about china first of all. china has had its credit outlook downgraded by the ratings agency moody's — it's gone from stable to negative because of concerns about rising debt held by companies in the country's faltering property sector. that means that china's credit rating is at risk of a downgrade. the government in beijing is rumoured to be considering providing more financial support for property developers — including evergrande and country garden — which are both billions of dollars in debt. earlier i spoke to janet mui, head of market analysis at rbc brewin dolphin. i asked her whether this suggests things are getting worse for the world's second largest economy? this is a reminder of what investors already know which is a slowing economy and a downt

that's after south wales.r reports of a serious assault that's left one person in hospital schools and a community centre there are closed after an incident took place at around 9:10 this morning on moy road. armed officers are currently in the area. we'll bring you more on that as we get it throughout the course of the afternoon . to the course of the afternoon. to other news now, gb news understands that new emergency legislation that could see migrants sent to rwanda for processing was not discussed or agreed in cabinet earlier. processing was not discussed or agreed in cabinet earlier . james agreed in cabinet earlier. james cleverly in rwanda is in rwanda today working on a new agreement that's expected to discuss . that's expected to discuss. expected to be discussed rather, in the commons tomorrow. senior government sources say that the new treaty is just a first step towards the government's asylum plan. well meanwhile, the backlog of asylum cases here in the uk fell by nearly half in november. that's

three teenagers have died following a crash between a car and a bus in coedely in south wales.organ is there. what more do we know about what happened? south wales police are continuing their investigation but the welsh ambulance service were called here to coedely, in rhondda cynon taf, around 7pm yesterday evening. they deployed seven ambulances. three doctors were here as well. when they got here, three teenagers, two aged between 18 and one aged 19 were pronounced dead at the same. and 119 and 18—year—old men were taken to the university hospital of wales in cardiff with life threatening injuries. another two people were also taken there with minor injuries. locals have told the bbc that there have been concerns about this stretch of road and calls for a speed camera to be installed here in the past. but south wales police, as they continue their investigation, they continue their investigation, the road is now reopen. they are appealing for witnesses and appealing for witnesses and appealing for witnesses and appealing for any dash cam footage of the event that took place

as many south wales valley communities are.ndoubtedly distraught and concerned added a's developments. qm. undoubtedly distraught and concerned added a's developments.— added a's developments. 0k, gerald jones, added a's developments. 0k, gerald jones. thank — added a's developments. 0k, gerald jones. thank you- — added a's developments. 0k, gerald jones, thank you. we _ added a's developments. 0k, gerald jones, thank you. we will— added a's developments. 0k, gerald jones, thank you. we will keep - added a's developments. 0k, gerald jones, thank you. we will keep you | jones, thank you. we will keep you up—to—date on this developing story as head when we get more information. rather well done across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making the news. the government has suffered a defeat in the commons over delays in compensation payments to victims of the nhs contaminated blood scandal. thousands of patients were given tainted blood products in the 19705 and �*80s, causing them to contract diseases like

the authorities, 26 of those are uncontained and large swathes of new south wales are under a severers ago here in sydney parts of australia's biggest city, temperatures in excess of a0 degrees celsius. mercifully for the people of sydney temperatures have cooled right down today, it's in the mid—20s today. but in other parts of the state and other parts of the state and other parts of the country the heatwave is continuing. we do know in south australia for example, in the last few days, they've been facing some of their worst fire conditions in many years. yet today, sunday, there's a warning of very heavy rainfall as well. so this really does sum up australia if you like. capricious, unpredictable, and potentially deadly, when it comes to the weather and the climate. , ., , .., comes to the weather and the climate. , .,, ,~ ., climate. this tropical cyclone, how prepared _ climate. this tropical cyclone, how prepared is _ climate. this tropical cyclone, how prepared is australia - climate. this tropical cyclone, how prepared is australia for l how prepared is australia for these e

south wales police say that a 29—year—old woman has been stabbed.ts of a serious incident in aberfan. police have asked residents to avoid the area around moy road. police are searching for a suspect who has left the scene. now, another bit of breaking news. the british medical association says that junior breaking news. the british medical association says thatjunior doctors will face further strikes in england this month and next. 3% is going to be added to pay this year. that is on top of an average 9% already awarded. the strike dates are from the 20th of december to the 23rd of december and then from the 3rd of january until the ninth. it is now time for a look at the weather with tomasz schafernaker. hello. if you've had enough of the cold and you'd rather have the mild weather, well, be careful what you wish for, because we could be in for a lot of rain and some strong winds, but not in the short term. this evening, actually, the skies are going to be clearing and there's another frost on the way tonight. quite a sharp one and some fog formin

emergency services are responding to reports of a �*serious' incident in aberfan in south wales. around moy road following reports of a serious assault just after nine o'clock this morning. police are attending a serious assault in south wales. the number of is—year—olds regularly skipping meals due to poverty in the uk is one of the highest in europe, according to a new report. the pisa test looks at the education and welfare of is—year—olds around the world, and shows that nearly 11% in the uk are having to miss meals due to the cost—of—living crisis. our education correspondent elaine dunkley reports. this every morning starts with a free meal _ this every morning starts with a free meal for _ this every morning starts with a free meal for everyone. - this every morning starts with a free meal for everyone. for- this every morning starts with a free meal for everyone. for the | this every morning starts with a - free mealfor everyone. for the head teacher, free mealfor everyone. for the head teacher. this — free mealfor everyone. for the head teacher, this is _ free mealfor ev

still some rain too, just feeding down from west wales towards the south west of england.st anglia as we head through the afternoon. largely dry for scotland, but still temperatures struggling to get above freezing over any lying snow but a drier, brighter day, particularly out towards the west. and it's going to be a very cold night on tuesday. again, a widespread frost with some patches of freezing fog developing. then we've got another lowjust working its way in from the south west and this is going to drag with it some much milderfeeling air. with it some much so just look at those temperatures go up. by the time we get to thursday, we're back up into double figures across the board. but it will be wet and windy at times with perhaps some transient snow in the north. bye— bye. will have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme.— the top of the hour, straight after this programme. around the world, eo - le this programme. around the world, --eole are this programme. around the world, people are looking _ this programme. around the worl

chief inspector rob miles south wales police miles from south wales police gave update earlier and is gave this update earlier and is known to the victim is known to the victim and is currently in police custody . currently in police custody. >> i appreciate there will be a real sense of shock when the local community with the attack having in broad having happened in broad daylight schools daylight, local schools activated their lockdown protocols to keep people safe . protocols to keep people safe. safe neighbourhood officers have beenin safe neighbourhood officers have been in the area ensure been in the area to ensure ensure pupils have been able to leave school safely at the leave the school safely at the normal . this was done as normal time. this was done as a precaution and schools will reopen tomorrow as normal , the reopen tomorrow as normal, the home secretary said. >> today he's uncomfortable with some of the criticism directed at rwanda as he unveiled a new asylum treaty in kigali. it's understood new british laws are to be expedited through parliament, declaring rwanda a

heaviest winds this afternoon will be across wales and south—west england. that feature. further north, as the rain works into the colder in scotland, we see it turn into snow. the risk of disruption is in the high ground. that puts routes like the a9, the 83, 82 a risk of seeing some localised disruption. and then during the evening and overnight that squally band of rain, intense downpours, some very gusty winds works its way eastwards across wales and england, clearing towards the end of the night. so heading into new year's eve, we're looking at an unsettled day. the same area of low pressure is with us. it's a day of sunshine and showers. the showers widespread, heavy with some hail and thunder mixed extend, particularly for northern ireland, parts of northern england, north wales and the midlands. the strongest winds for southern wales and southern parts of england will still be some gales around coasts and hills. that takes us towards the all important midnight hour and those new year celebrations as we leave 2023 behind. and welcome 202a. we're looki

also, here in new south wales, this is australia's most populous state, inland areas had such a severe christmas so you have to remember that australia is a very big place. it is the world's sixth largest country and the weather and the climate varies from region to region. although this is a country well used to nature's extremes, what nature has been throwing at us in the early weeks of summer certainly has taken many australians by surprise.— summer certainly has taken many australians by surprise. thank you. phil mercer — australians by surprise. thank you. phil mercer in _ australians by surprise. thank you. phil mercer in sydney. _ australians by surprise. thank you. phil mercer in sydney. thank - australians by surprise. thank you. phil mercer in sydney. thank you i australians by surprise. thank you. | phil mercer in sydney. thank you for that update. cameras have followed king charles for more than a year for a bbc documentary that will be broadcast on tuesday evening. it'll feature new video of the king with his grandchildren rehearsing before the coronation, and informal mom

aberdeen, but ten in glasgow, the warmer air getting in here. 11 and 12s as we push further south across england, walesturday, we will have some transient snow clearing during saturday with a lot of rain piling into the north and west. come further south and it will be drier. bits and pieces of cloud around and some showers. again, milder. and as we head up towards christmas, for christmas day itself, we could well see some rain in the south, some wintry showers in the hills in the north and cooler. live from london, this is bbc news. hamas says there won't be any talks about prisoner swaps until the israeli offensive in gaza ends. as diplomatic efforts to bring a pause to the fighting continue, the world health organization says there is no functional hospital left in northern gaza. a top eu court rules that uefa's ban on a european super league is unlawful. junior doctors in england take part in their second day of strike action as part of a dispute over pay. hello, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. we begin with the war in gaza, where hamas has issued

before christmas, the first of these packages was discovered in the central coast region of new south walesween here and the port city of newcastle — that's about two hours�* drive to the north — have been washed up, this cocaine washing up on those beaches in between the two cities. now, the police estimate that 124kg of cocaine has been found by members of the public and there is an overriding theory that this illicit haul was almost certainly strapped to a cargo vessel and was dislodged during wild seas, the aftermath of a tropical cyclone in queensland. so, certainly not the flotsam and jetsam that people on holiday or walking their dogs along the beach would expect to find here in sydney and further to the north, but a considerable amount of this class a drug has been discovered. this is not a time to be a freelance bounty hunter, according to australian authorities. they do believe that all of the drugs have now been recovered but they do caution that a single block of this illicit substance, weighing a kilogram, if anyone is caught with that, potentially there is a prison term of bet

windy too, but not quite as windy as further north for the likes of south wales and southern england.ing into the north. even a little bit of snow over the highest ground of scotland. temperaturesjust 5 degrees in aberdeen, but still up to around 12 down towards the london region. so we've got the mild, cloudy and fairly damp weather in the far south—west overnight. clearer skies elsewhere as we head through into thursday morning, but then more rain returns from the west through the early hours. i think it's going to be frost—free again heading into friday morning, but the lowest temperatures will be across the north—east of the uk. so we're in the colder air there, but further towards the south—west, we've got milder air, this weather front that is the dividing line between those two air masses. heading through friday, and this area of milder air will spread its way across the uk, the winds coming in from a westerly direction. so that weather front will bring some rain initially across northern ireland, parts of england and wales, tracking its way eastwards — perhaps a little bit of

we have eight - voices and they are broken down into northern new south wales, young and old child, male for more stories _ eight voices is bilingual. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. political developments out of india where prime minister narendra modi's party the bjp has won three out of four key state elections. boats were held in butjust ran, and central states in the southern state of telangana, with more, here is our south asia editor. supporters of the hindu nationalist party, the governing party in india, have been celebrating in major cities in india, after the commendable victory in three states. they are very key states. they are very key states for politics in india. they have won comfortably, and very few more seats to be counted and they are poised to capture power two of the states and in one state, they are retaining power. so this is a big victory for the prime minister narendra modi, who addressed party supporters a short while ago, celebrating their success, and these three states you mentioned, rajasthan, t

south wales police have confirmed that the 28—year—old man was known to the woman.. the hillsborough disaster in 1989 — when 97 liverpool fans died following a crush at an fa cup semifinal — remains britain's worst sporting tragedy. for decades, the victims�* families campaigned for the truth about what happened that day and forjustice. in 2016, at new inquests, the deaths were finally ruled unlawful. that prompted the government to commission a report to look at the struggle those families had been through and what lessons could be learned to help other bereaved families in large—scale tragedies. it has taken six years, but tomorrow the families will finally hear the government's response. 0ur north of england correspondent, judith moritz, reports. hillsborough happened nearly 35 years ago. but for the families of those who died, and the survivors, it's not past history. they're still pushing for change. welcome, everybody, to this, which is our 11th forum. the former bishop of liverpool, jamesjones, has long supported the families. in 2016, he was commissioned to

beautiful rainbows spotted by our weather watchers, and very windy conditions across the south coast of england and wales ground already pretty saturated from all of the recent rain. there are a number of flood warnings in place, particularly across the welsh marches down into south—west england. all of the details on those on the bbc weather website. we've seen low pressure gradually push its way eastwards across the uk. in the centre of the low pressure across northern england and scotland, the winds are light but still very blustery towards the south coast overnight tonight. still plenty more showers around as well. the focus for that wet weather across north—west england stretching down through into the north midlands and some more showers for parts of argyll and bute as well. some clearer skies for many. it's a cold, frosty start to new year's day after the hogmanay celebrations in scotland, but it is milder further south. let's take a look at new year's day. for most of us, i think it will be a nicer looking day of weather. if you fancy a new year's stroll, there will be quite a lot of dry weather

england down towards east anglia, some brightness developing later on for southern england and south wales in place. blustery conditions, we could see gusts in fact about 40, even 50 miles per hour and exposure in the north—west. but temperatures in single figures in the north—east, some sleet and some hill snow across the north—east of mainland scotland, even to low levels. for a time we could see some sleet and snow towards shetland. through tonight the rain continues to pile in to the north and it�*s for a time it�*ll turn to snow, even to low levels across parts of north—east scotland. some icy conditions developing here as well. so really cold across the far north—east. you can see the blue colours, but a real contrast for the rest of us. it�*s very mild as we start off the weekend with a lot of cloud generally and still we�*ve got the breeze, and patchy outbreaks of rain. so through saturday, this weather front�*s going to be quite slow moving i think across parts of scotland. eventually it will push its way northwards and the colder airjust holding on in the far north there. but the

so, we've got eight voices and they are broken down into north and south wales, young and old child,re stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. live now to janet mui, head of market analysis, rbc brewin dolphin. let's start, and also gold going up in value, the dollar weakening, is this still to doing with the fed and the thinking that the fed has stopped raising interest rates? you are right, it has a lot to do with market thinking that the federal reserve has finished raising interest rates in the discussion has now moved to how many rate cuts we're going to see in 2024, and now there are rate cuts as early as march of 2024, so that is a huge game changer because typically, for example goals does not pay interest, some of the interest rate were to be cut, so that would provide support for gold prices and bitcoin, there is a reason but also an expectation that the us will approve bitcoin each year so that raises for example the sector. ,, ., ., ., , so that raises for example the sector. ., ., , , sector. something that has been ha enin: s

uncertainty as to how far south the rain will travel but it looks like it will get as far south as north walesndom this is bbc news. the headlines... israel contains its bombardment of gaza in the lead up to a senior us official. ambulance bosses say patients are being put at risk by dangerous delays with winter pressures already affecting the nhs. let's go back to our main story and thatis let's go back to our main story and that is of course that russia's president vladimir putin is at the moment giving his first year end news conference since the full scale invasion of ukraine. it is being carried live on all russian tv networks. it comes as they are meeting in brussels to discuss further funding for ukraine and you can see them discussing questions on the war where he affirmed his decision to invade the country.

milder air lasts across southern areas of england and south wales for a time too, but then it's gradually it's a soggy, very wet start to the day on tuesday across southern england and wales. that heavy rain eventually clearing, but not until we get to the afternoon. it's still a legacy of cloud across parts of kent and sussex until the end of the day. but lots of more sunshine emerging further north and west, with a brisk north—westerly wind and some showers just moving through into north—west scotland. again, wintry over the hills, temperatures dropping through the afternoon, but it's only a brief colder spell because, then, things will start to turn a lot milder from the west as we head through tuesday night. temperatures dropping lowest out towards the east, rising through the night for these western spots, with that warm front gradually pushing further eastwards through the day on wednesday. you can see the winds turning a little bit more westerly. and there will be some rain across north—west scotland, north—west england and northern ireland, western wales for a time. the further so

as rains go to travel but it looks like it could get as far south as south walesr with some sunshine and still mild. live from london. this is bbc news president clinton vies to strengthen russia's sovereignty in his first news conference since the invasion of ukraine. eu leaders are in brussels to discuss further funding for ukraine as the russian president holds his first major news conference since the start of the war. israel continues its bombardment of gaza in the lead—up to a visit by a senior us official. the republican—led us house of representatives votes to formally authorise its impeachment inquiry into president biden. and after 20 years injail, a court quashes four child—murder convictions for the woman once branded �*australia's worst mother'. the system preferred to blame me rather than accept that sometimes children can and do die suddenly, unexpectedly and heartbreakingly. hello and welcome. i'm rajini vaidyanathan. the russian president vladimir putin is giving his first interview news conference since the full—scale invasion of ukraine. the eve

and police search the australian coastline after packages of cocaine washed up on beaches in new south walesgaza war. south africa has asked the international court ofjustice in the hague to declare that israel is carrying out genocidal acts in gaza. the israeli government has reacted furiously, calling south africa's case a "despicable and contemptuous exploitation of the court". meanwhile an estimated 150,000 palestinians are being forced to flee parts of central gaza, as israeli forces advance in the terrority. 0ur correspondent shaimaa khalil sent this report from jerusalem. explosions. a massive israeli bombing in northern gaza turns an extensive network of hamas tunnels into dust. these idf pictures show a well—equipped infrastructure of long and branched—out tunnels in which the army says senior hamas members moved and operated. in central gaza, more than 150,000 people were ordered to evacuate two of the area's biggest refugee camps. and this is where they were told to go for safety —

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a joint investigation has already started with south wales police.d — with patients put at risk by dangerous delays. but the latest figures out this morning do show a slight improvement in both ambulance response times and waits for accident and emergency care, compared to this time last year. there's also been a drop in the number of patients waiting for routine hospital treatment. sharon barbour has been on the front line with ambulance crews. there were ambulances backed up outside, two hours in an ambulance. it's been a long night for margaret. are ambulances parked out there today. there are no beds. there's no beds. people on trolleys in the corridors. all night with her was her sister. i didn't sleep so i'm very tired. i didn't sleep, so i'm very tired. waits in a&e here have been as long as 30 hours. the hospital trust reporting a near 70% increase in patients coming in. in the foothills of the lake district, cumberland infirmary is the largest accident and emergency hospital in cumbria but it's not big enough. it's already at capacity. there

temperature—wise, well, five or six degrees in the north of scotland, 12 or 13 in south wales and southernrough thursday night, there will be further showers or longer spells of rain. still some wintry showers mixing in across the northern half of the uk with this northerly wind kicking in. that will bring a somewhat chillier feel. in fact, i think we'll see quite a lot of rain, sleet and snow developing in northern scotland by the start of friday morning. that is a sign of things to come. we'll see this showery and at times wintry weather continuing to affect northern parts of scotland with a strong northerly wind. pretty windy in other areas as well. a band of showers across northern ireland into northern england, something wintry mixing in here over higher ground. sunshine and showers further south. a slightly chillier feel to the weather on friday. and then into saturday, here comes our next weather system. some heavy rain in places where we really do not need it. some snow developing over high ground in northern england and scotland. we could see some snow to quite low levels for a ti