many thanks again to all my guests — thomas kielinger, roya nikkhah and stephanie baker. join us on dateline again next week at the same time, same place. goodbye from all of us. hello again. our weather will feel quite a lot colder today compared with yesterday, and it has been cold enough for some snow. this is how we started the day in the highlands of scotland, a thick covering here. i'm not too far away from their in inverness, we have also had a little bit of snow giving some icy conditions first thing this morning. for many of us the weather will brighten up today, sunshine and showers, but with cold and gusty north—westerly winds. the satellite picture shows the shower cloud streaming and across the north, we have had thick cloud across england and wales bringing widespread outbreaks of rain this morning. but the sound of rain will be clearing its way eastwards, so the weather will to improve —— may continue to improve for most across england and wales. there is a risk we could see rain lingering across western areas of cornwall or most of us seeing sunshine but s

many thanks again to all my guests — thomas kielinger, roya nikkhah and stephanie baker.dbye from all of us. hello there. a quieter end to the night to come, those wintry showers are easing away, as are the winds, which have been a feature of the weather throughout the weekend. and that's because we're having a little ridge of high pressure building in. so not only are the winds easing but, as the showers die down, the cloud is breaking and temperatures tumbling away. close to freezing in many parts by dawn, so a much colder start by monday morning and potentially as well an icy start where the surfaces are still damp because temperatures notjust in the air but on the roads will be close to freezing. you can stay up—to—date with the warnings as ever on our website. for the day ahead, we've got further weather fronts coming in and fairly brisk winds but not as windy as it has been, and as those weather fronts come in to the high pressure further south, there won't be that much rain but what they will do is introduce much milder air through the day. so initially there could

joining me in the studio to discuss that, thomas kielinger, die welt�*s veteran correspondent in londonemarkable women. her majesty queen elizabeth has been on the british throne for a record 70 years this weekend. also, we will be looking at the diplomatic offensive to persuade president putin not to invade ukraine. joining me in the studio to discuss that, thomas kielinger, die welt�*s veteran correspondent in london, and virtually, we have also the sunday times royal editor roya nikkhah and the american journalist from bloomberg news

joining me in the studio thomas kielinger die welt�*s veteran correspondent here in london and virtuallyuthor of a bestselling book about the queen. the sunday times royal editor roya nikkhah. and the american journalist from bloomberg news stephanie baker. welcome to you all. it's 70 years this weekend since a 25 year old princess elizabeth, on safari with her husband, learned that her father george the sixth had died. suddenly she had lost a father and become queen. in the decades since, she has come to embody the british monarchy and indeed modern british history — a living link to churchill and the desperate days of the second world war, and also to the winds of change as the british empire collapsed. royah nikka — royal editor of the sunday times — for a woman didn't originally expect to be queen, she's done a pretty good job? i think you're absolutely right. she has. and just listening to each the extraordinary 70 years is remarkable thinking that her link back to winston churchill, 1a prime ministers are now in the way things are going, borisjohnson might not be her last. she has

joining me in the studio thomas kielinger die welt�*s veteran correspondent here in london and virtually