we've got this area of thick cloud from the west country up towards the wash reducing a few drizzly showers places will have a dry afternoon and evening as well. we will see more cloud across the south—west of england and south wales, running up gci’oss england and south wales, running up across the home counties of east anglia. even under the cloud temperatures are 14—15. brightening up temperatures are 14—15. brightening up through the midlands, best of the sunshine to the east of the pennines. rather cloudy skies but in north—east england we've already seen temperatures of 18 degrees. there is a bit of rain in the north of scotla nd there is a bit of rain in the north of scotland which will move south overnight becoming more extensive overnight becoming more extensive over scotland. maybe more rain coming into northern ireland. most of england and wales will be dry. a lot of cloud around, not quite as cold as it was last night. lowest temperatures in the south—west where we will see some mist and fog patches. those will clear and it will brighten up slowly across england and wales on fri

we could see some heavy bursts mixed in to the rain here for the west country in toward central and southern. that rain getting in towards the midlands and southern england, pushing towards the london area by the part of the afternoon. it's warm ahead of it in the south—easterly breeze and could reach 18 in the south—east. further north pleasantly warm in the sunshine. the best of the temperatures across the north—west highlands. from sunday night into bank holiday monday, this area of low pressure is going to bring some pretty unsettled weather to our shores, particularly for england and wales. it does look like much of scotland will stay largely dry. we could see the odd sunny spells the england and wales, some showers at times. it will feel warmer in the sunshine, 15 or 16 degrees but chilly along the east coast of scotland and north east england. into tuesday beans are drying out, we lose the area of low pressure. could feel quite cool across eastern coastal areas but further west the best of the sunshine and the best of the temperatures. fairly breezy across eastern coastal areas where

in wales, west midlands, southwest, west country. more cloud in eastern scotla nd west country.cloud in eastern scotland and east of england and northern ireland. most places, a dry day. one in the sunshine, 15 or 16 degrees. probably not a lot of sunshine for the marathon. the runners will not be worried. a chilly start warming up to 12 or 13. other parts of england and well seen more sunshine. weston, northern scotland, northern ireland seem more cloud. perhaps some rain. the wetter and windy weather waiting in the wings. area of low pressure strengthening the winds. sunday into monday. then, a significant change into the much colder air, arctic winds lasting the whole of the country. almost anywhere could catch a wintry shower. if you do not get the wintry shower, you could notice the wintry shower, you could notice the cold, eight or 9 degrees. that's it, goodbye from the —— from me. aston villa will hold a minute's applause before their derby with birmingham city this weekend, following the death of their former defender ugo ehiogu. he was a coach with the under 23s at spur

rain in the south—west moving through the west country in the southern parts of wales and central southernr northwards and eastwards as we go through sunday for —— sunday evening. 0n eastwards as we go through sunday for —— sunday evening. on monday showers breakout in southern parts. some could be heavy, maybe with thunder in places. sunday and monday a little bit messy, but there will be sunshine around. certainly not a write—off of a bank holiday weekend. but not ideal. temperatures about average. but the average, 16 in london, low teens in the north. whatever you are doing this bank holiday weekend, regardless of the weather, enjoy it. this is bbc world news. our top stories: north korea has launched another ballistic missile. the us military says the test failed, and did not pose a threat to america. it comesjust did not pose a threat to america. it comes just hours after the united states warned of dire repercussions of the world doesn't persuade north korea to give up its nuclear ambitions. right now the most significant security issue in the world, might bring catastrophic conseque

a a patchy fop could form in the west country. —— a bit of patchy fog. have high pollen levels, tree pollen, flowering birch is the culprit at the moment. some strong sunshine as well. that will soon burn off any fog to the south—west, lots of sunshine for england and wales. more sunshine from northern england than we had today. except the far north of scotland, where temperatures will be pegged back. otherwise those numbers will be higher across the board. it will feel warmer, the wind is very light. great day for the racing. blue skies at aintree for the grand national. warmer than today as well, well we still had that cloud for a while. dry and warm air coming up from the near continent at the same time as a weather front is moving near continent at the same time as a weatherfront is moving into near continent at the same time as a weather front is moving into the north—west of the uk. while eastern scotla nd north—west of the uk. while eastern scotland is not looking too bad on sunday, the rest of scotland will go downhill as cloud arrives and we see

towards the west of the country they will hold on.t of another chemical weapons attack. if the americans choose to act again, and they ask us to help, as i say, i think it would be very difficult to say no. labour leaderjeremy corbyn is on the campaign trail in harlow in essex, making a speech about labour‘s plans to build a million new homes if it wins the general election. ministers from 27 european union countries are meeting today for final discussions about the eu‘s negotiating stance on brexit. the latest crime figures show an overall rise in england and wales last year. police recorded 4.8 million offences — up 9% on 2015. research suggests a simple eye test could lead to much earlier detection of glaucoma, a condition which causes irreversible sight loss. let‘s get more on the foreign secretary saying that the government would be open to joining strikes against syria, without parliamentary approval. borisjohnson said it would be "very difficult for britain to say no" if the us asks us to join in future military action in syria

is an approaching weather front, cool a mass of air which will arrive across the far north—west of the countryfor saturday probably a greater chance of seeing more sunshine around. temperatures at just that little bit. 15, 16, maybe 17 celsius. more cloud, though, across the north—west of the country. it is looking pretty good for the grand national, as well, aintree, a lot of dry weather, temperatures around the mid teens celsius. on sunday that weather front approaches scotland, strengthening winds and feeling quite cool, outbreaks of rain. but the england and wales is looking much sunnier because we are pulling down to warmer and drier air off the near continent. it is going to be really warm, temperatures in the low 20s celsius. we could make 23 degrees across the south—east. so the main message for the next few days, because of high pressure, it is going to be largely dry with light winds. there will be some sunshine around. it is going to get warmer this weekend, especially on sunday. like i mentioned, that weather front with the cold air behind it spreads its way south was during monday

a bit of misand fog towards the west country. beautiful day in england and wales, strong sunshine here, higher temperatures in the sunshine than today, across northern ireland, ana sunshine than today, across northern ireland, an a good part of scotland away from the far north, and for most of sunday eastern scotland doesn‘t look too bad but the rest of scotland, northern ireland clouding over, we will get rain here but for most of england and wales it will be sunny again. a range of temperatures. it won‘t be that warm in the north—west. but for most of england and wales, really warm in the sunshine, highs of 23 celsius. this is bbc world news today, reporting from washington. i‘m tim wilcox. the headlines: president trump‘s rhetoric in action — russia condemns us air strikes in syria and promise and is to strengthen the country‘s air defence systems. a barrage of tomahawk missiles hits syria‘s second—largest airbase, from where the chemical weapons attack‘s believed to have been launched. tonight, i call on all civilised nations

north—east england, the midlands and much of the west country. sammy put the south beach, as well. cotla nd northern ireland and western scotland weather front will bring cloud and rain. the rain will pen heavy across the north west of scotland. just 809 degrees in inverness as the rain arrives. from aberdeen to edinburgh it should stay drive. north—west england will tend proudly clean up the cloudy. and of the cloud lacks in from the seat to the cloud lacks in from the seat to the shore, the coast of wales in the south—west will suffer lower temperatures. we will have temperatures. we will have temperatures around 25, maybe 26 degrees. now, do this evening and tonight it is all about this weather front, sinking its way south with the rain tends to fizzle, but behind that all others are getting into some cool as so really it is just a band of cloud and the odd spot of rain that syncs up with doing southwards across in an wales overnight. the hand that some clear spells, some showers but with this north—west airflow tempters dipping away. tomorrow, it will be cooler. another bad day,

patches of cloud in south wales, but of the west country, east anglia, south east.tland. some splashes of rain. further south moor in the wa ke of rain. further south moor in the wake of censure. can't completely ruled out showers if you are unlucky, if there is thick cloud. in the south, wales, midlands, is that the south, wales, midlands, is that the —— anglia, decent. south east scotla nd the —— anglia, decent. south east scotland looking fine as well. more cloud in northern ireland, western scotland. the northern ireland, wet and windy and cold, three degrees. that is the first sign of the shocks changed to cold weather because of this front of moving southwards. cold air tacking in behind it. a touch of frost here. more cloud further south. if you keep crisp as, one 01’ further south. if you keep crisp as, one or two mac spots a touch of frost. tomorrow, working its way south behind the cold front. cloud and patchy rain. still some brightness on the south coast. by disguising the afternoon for the north. with the cold air, wintry showers, rain, sleet, hailstone

more cloud, though, across the north—west of the country.od for the grand national, as well. aintree, on saturday, a lot of dry weather, temperatures around the mid—teens celsius. now, on sunday, that weather front approaches northern ireland, western scotland. strengthening winds, and feeling quite cool, outbreaks of rain. but for england and wales it is looking much sunnier, because we are pulling down to warmerand drierairoff the near continent. it is going to be really warm, with temperatures in the low 20s celsius. we could make 23 degrees across the south—east. so the main message for the next few days — because of high pressure, it is going to be largely dry, with light winds. there will be some sunshine around. it is going to get warmer this weekend, especially on sunday. but, like i mentioned, that weather front with the colder air behind it spreads its way southwards during monday. so a cloudy, cool day generally. temperatures in the north struggling to get much above eight or nine degrees. still fairly mild in the south—east. hell

more cloud, though, across the north—west of the country.dry weather, temperatures around the mid—teens celsius. on sunday, that weather front approaches scotland. strengthening winds, and feeling quite cool, outbreaks of rain. but for england and wales it is looking much sunnier, because we are pulling down to warmerand drierairoff the near continent. it is going to be really warm, temperatures in the low 20s celsius. we could make 23 degrees across the south—east. so the main message for the next few days — because of high pressure, it is going to be largely dry, with light winds. there will be some sunshine around. it is going to get warmer this weekend, especially on sunday. like i mentioned, that weatherfront with the cold air behind it spreads its way southwards during monday. so a cloudy, cool day generally. temperatures in the north struggling to get much above eight or nine degrees. still fairly mild in the south—east. a very warm welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to our viewers in north america and around the globe. my name's mike

we could see heavy bursts mixed into the ring here for the west country towards southern wales and gettinghe middle of the afternoon. warm ahead of that in the breeze and we could have 18 degrees across the south—east by further north that will feel pleasantly warm in the sunshine and northern england and northern ireland and scotland, with the best temperatures across the north—west highlands at 17 degrees. from sunday night into bank holiday monday, this low—pressure will bring u nsettled monday, this low—pressure will bring unsettled weather to the shores, particularly for england and wales, scotla nd particularly for england and wales, scotland will be breezy but will stay dry and the best sunshine poor western scotland towards northern ireland. we could see sunny spells for england and wales but we will also have showery rain and it will feel warm in the sunshine, 16 degrees but chilly on the east coast of scotla nd degrees but chilly on the east coast of scotland and north east england. tuesday, things drying up, we lose the low—pressure, it could still feel cool across eastern coast

some sunshine with a few light showers loitering in the west country.ne developing in northern ireland and the showers moving away. one or two macro showers developing in scotland. not a bad day on the whole. we will see a lot of the showers fading away in the evening and overnight. the thicker cloud tending to push its way into the used in parts of the uk. nota way into the used in parts of the uk. not a particularly cold night. five, six, typically. we will see the wind is picking up for a while. it will draw in some warmer air. there is the chance of some rain. probably not amounting to matt and certainly it will not be a wash—out this weekend. saturday looks like a decent day. for the most part it will be dry with spells of sunshine. the winds tending to turn southerly. they will start to pick up overnight and into sunday. ahead of this weather front, we saw the band of cloud earlier on. there will be some rain in the south—west. most of the rain in the south—west. most of the rain on sunday will be in the south—west of the uk. the rain will move in

continue through the afternoon through east wales, north—east england, the midlands, but of the west countryut further north and west into northern ireland and western scotland, a weather front bringing cloud and outbreaks of rain, the weather front across northern scotland, eight or 9 degrees as the rain arrives, from aberdeen to edinburgh it should stay dry, little cloudy and through the day, north—west england turning cloudy and as the cloud lapse in from the sea to the short the coast of wales and the south—west, temperatures will sever, 11th in aberystwyth, compared with the east, even at four o'clock we'll have to pitch is 25, maybe 26 degrees. through this evening and tonight it's all about this weather front, sinking south, the rain tending to fizzle but behind that all of us getting cooler air. so it's a band of cloud and maybe the odd spot of rain sinking south across england and wales overnight. behind that clear spells, some showers and with this north westerly airflow temperatures dipping, 5—9 by the end of the night. tomorrow will be a good day. not a bad day tomorrow, some sho

disappointing afternoon for much of the west country, and that really going to be pushing to the midlandshe day. some of that rain is good to be heavy, but light and patchy in the east. temperatures, 17, 18 celsius but you do have that nagging wind. northern ireland, some winds but scotla nd northern ireland, some winds but scotland it is mainly going to be tried, the temperatures reaching 15 celsius. this area of low pressure is going to bring some damp, and breezy nights to england and wales for the bank holiday. but mild across the board. bank holiday monday going to be disappointing for parts of england and wales, some rain across northern locations, and the south west, towards the southern parts of england. and with those winds, it is going to be few cooler. likely to get some heavy showers developing. but the best of the sunshine is going to be north—west england, west of scotland and northern ireland. you could be getting temperatures between 15 and 18. the will pressure, bringing that wet wet through bank holiday monday, going to be constant and in getting the north—east winds, fo

we could see some heavy burst mixed into the rain for the west country in towards central and southerniddle latter pa rt the london area by the middle latter part of the afternoon. warm ahead of it in that south—easterly breeze and sunshine, we could make 18 degrees. further north it will feel pleasa ntly warm further north it will feel pleasantly warm in the sunshine the northern england, parts of northern ireland and in towards scotland. the best of the temperatures towards the north—west highlands. from sunday night into bank holiday monday, this area of low pressure is going to bring some unsettled weather to our shores, particularly for england and wales. it doesn't look like much of scotla nd wales. it doesn't look like much of scotland although fairly breezy will stay largely dry. best of the sunshine in western parts of scotla nd sunshine in western parts of scotland and northern ireland. in england and wales some showery rain at times. it will feel warmer in the sunshine but chilly along the east coast of scotland and north east england. into tuesday things are drying out, we

so what you witnessed here today, it's a major step towards peace in the west country.eed to be addressed, that need a solution that today is a day on which we can say that the basque country is moving in the right direction. your party, it is headed by the gerry adams of eta. he used a head eta's political wing. he is now have dominant basque politician. you are all still fighting for independence. do you think you can achieve it through political means? yes. it is played a role in this process. gerry adams will have been sent to britain after bringing the political movement to the good friday agreement, i do not think so. that is what happened to him. we are a people that considers the right to be acknowledged. we are going to have a relation with spain and france. this is a democratic exercise. no more on no less than that. we do not understand the spanish government is doing all they can to prevent the people from having a say. if you compare it, not only to ireland but for scotland for example where they have had the chance to decide whether they wanted in or not,

sunshine in wales, the west midlands, west country and the south—west. more cloud in the east.gh the country on monday and tuesday. not much now settling because the ground is warmer, but you will notice the chill. eight or nine celsius.

more cloud, though, across the north—west of the country., a lot of dry weather, temperatures around the mid—teens celsius. now, on sunday, that weather front approaches northern ireland, western scotland. strengthening winds, and feeling quite cool, outbreaks of rain. but for england and wales it is looking much sunnier, because we are pulling down to warmerand drierairoff the near continent. it is going to be really warm, with temperatures in the low 20s celsius. we could make 23 degrees across the south—east. so the main message for the next few days — because of high pressure, it is going to be largely dry, with light winds. there will be some sunshine around. it is going to get warmer this weekend, especially on sunday. but, like i mentioned, that weather front with the colder air behind it spreads its way southwards during monday. so a cloudy, cool day generally. temperatures in the north struggling to get much above eight or nine degrees. still fairly mild in the south—east. a very warm welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to our viewers

country tonight. winds pushing through the cloud and the rain. all of us today will eventually get a few spots of drizzle. the north—westuntry will be quite fresh. colder aircoming in behind country will be quite fresh. colder air coming in behind these weather fronts. across england and wales, milder. tomorrow, a different picture across the bulk of england. certainly in the morning a lot of cloud. it would be so stubborn, moving sluggishly across the south east and southern parts of the uk. if you live in wales, the north, the north—west of the country, a much better picture in the afternoon. the rest of the week, not much happens. high—pressure angering itself across the uk. the weather systems going around it a bit like a catherine wheel. we are in the centre of the high. quite a bit of cloud around. some sunshine from time to time. temperatures will be on the low side. more now on those reports of an explosion in the russian city of st petersburg. it is understood three metro stations have been closed. let's speak to our moscow correspondent. what do we know? we are getting reports on two russian news agencies from

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today we have some sunshine, more cloud across eastern areas, clothes retreat in back to the west country parts of the country and with lighter winds it will feel warmer. on saturday, a lot of dry weather, some sunshine, a small chance of a shower, winds getting more southerly and drawing up warmer air so temperatures will be higher. windy on sunday, the main uncertainty this rain coming into the south west, how far north doesn't get? further north across the uk, probably drive. that brent looks like it will peter out, leaving behind some sunshine on monday, also some showers and also in the sunshine it will feel quite warm. godden, this is bbc news, and these are the top the top stories developing at 11am. police say they've foiled a terrorist plot as six people are arrested after a raid in north—west london in which a woman was shot by officers. this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines. six people have been arrested after a counter—terrorism operation in north—west london last night in which a woman was shot by armed officers. economic growth suffered a worse—than—expected slowdown in t

for all of them when i say thank you for stepping forward to serve our country at this important time. you are a true man of the west and the country is fortunate to have someone of your experience and knowledge leading the department of the interior so thank you very much. [applause] you know it's the greatest privilege of my life to serve as vice president to president donald trump. he is a man of his word pretty nearly 100 days president trump has been delivering on the promises he is has made to the american people one after another. he has been fighting for american jobs every single day even since election day. he is put a renewed emphasis on american energy slashing through a mock range of red tape from the last administration for things to his leadership more than 500,000 jobs have been created in the year 2017. businesses and consumers today are more confident than they have been in years and by some measures in decades. justice neil gorsuch president trump kept his promise to nominate securing our border reducing illegal immigration and taking dangerous illegal criminals off of our streets and we have seen

more cloud, though, across the north—west of the country.nal, as well. aintree, on saturday, a lot of dry weather, temperatures around the mid—teens celsius. now, on sunday, that weather front approaches northern ireland, western scotland. strengthening winds, and feeling quite cool, outbreaks of rain. but for england and wales it is looking much sunnier, because we are pulling down to warmerand drierairoff the near continent. it is going to be really warm, with temperatures in the low 20s celsius. we could make 23 degrees across the south—east. so the main message for the next few days — because of high pressure, it is going to be largely dry, with light winds. there will be some sunshine around. it is going to get warmer this weekend, especially on sunday. but, like i mentioned, that weather front with the colder air behind it spreads its way southwards during monday. so a cloudy, cool day generally. temperatures in the north struggling to get much above eight or nine degrees. still fairly mild in the south—east. hello, you're watching bbc

overcast in the north—west of the country. scotland, northern ireland, lake district. into wales. tern areas a big contrast. the cloud will melt away in the north west overnight and tomorrow, quite cold in the morning, we expect temperatures to shoot up during the weekend but mornings are chilly. this is what spring is about. cold in the morning, even grass frost, and when the sun arrives the temperatures spring up and on saturday it could get to 20 degrees, rising across yorkshire and the north—west. peaking at 23 across england on sunday but the north—west isa england on sunday but the north—west is a one—day wonder and temperatures will go down again in glasgow and belfast. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines. american warships have fired 59 cruise missiles in the united states' first direct action against president assad's regime. russia, which backs syria, says its air defences will be strengthened and condemns the attack, calling for an emergency meeting of the un. labour leaderjeremy corbyn has condemned the attack — saying it risks escalating the war in syria still furth

more cloud, though, across the north—west of the country.around the mid—teens celsius. on sunday, that weather front approaches scotland. strengthening winds, and feeling quite cool, outbreaks of rain. but for england and wales it is looking much sunnier, because we are pulling down to warmerand drierairoff the near continent. it is going to be really warm, temperatures in the low 20s celsius. we could make 23 degrees across the south—east. so the main message for the next few days — because of high pressure, it is going to be largely dry, with light winds. there will be some sunshine around. it is going to get warmer this weekend, especially on sunday. like i mentioned, that weatherfront with the cold air behind it spreads its way southwards during monday. so a cloudy, cool day generally. temperatures in the north struggling to get much above eight or nine degrees. still fairly mild in the south—east. i'm babita sharma with bbc world news. our top story: aung san suu kyi has told the bbc she rejects criticism over her handling of the rohing

you can see the rain working in across the south—west of the country. ugh the south—west of england and wales are nudging north—eastwards. dry weather across many other parts of the country. at four o'clock around the country some of the shows will be heavy across the south—west of england with under possible. some brighter and drier spells also through the afternoon. the south—east and the midlands of england will see some rain but other parts of the country will stay dry with patchy cloud. some relatively warm weather across scotland will be could see temperatures reaching 17 degrees in the north—west. call around the east coast where you are exposed to that breeze. a fine end of the day across many northern parts of the country with patchy rainfora time parts of the country with patchy rain for a time in northern ireland. then we will see rain which will be heavy stone towards the south—west. a relatively mild start by comedy monday and across southern parts of the uk and fresher and brighter in the uk and fresher and brighter in the north. during tom

western wales, the far south—west of england and certainly the north—west of the country and into north—westin from france. let‘s start in the north, around safe for o‘clock, the ring get into the western isles of scotland, nudging into northern ireland. we get into yorkshire, across the irish penny can take com pletely across the irish penny can take completely different story there, 20 celsius, western parts of wales. —— hop across the aristide. the hotspot is around the south—east and east anglia. temperatures are nudging up to rant about 24 or five celsius. still a lot fresher around the southern coasts. this weather front is introducing a lot cooler air into the north—west, and that will be moving right across the country during because of this evening and overnight. this is the cold front here, this is the cloud and rain, the weather front falls apart which means that it will rain itself out, not much rain leftjust some cloud said the fresh air will set in. these are the city temperatures, 5 degrees in newcastle, nine implement. tomorrow morning, fresh doctor the day, north—westerly wi

you might get voters thinking the same way, so down in the south—west of the country, where the lib demsooking to reverse that against the conservatives this time around, so you might get some labour voters saying gabo we will vote for the lib dems to force the conservatives out. it might not be a rerun of the referendum, but there will be tactical voting along brexit lines. a number of you are asking whether the new constituency changes in the uk will be put in place for this election, christian said he was pretty sure they wouldn't be. we have checked, they definitely will not be, we are on the old constituencies, nothing has changed. and a question from jim constituencies, nothing has changed. and a question fromjim in essex in the uk, any chance of other parties being upfront about a coalition to win floating voters? let's talk about that, because a little bit earlier i saw you talking to caroline lucas, discussing just this issue. as i say, she is quite open to that idea. they are notjust necessarily talking about working strategically together in certain constituencies, and they di

a bit of mist and fog towards the west countries.n will warm up very quickly, the sun will be strong particularly across england and wales. we will have high pollen levels as well, tree pollen flowering birch causing you problems earlier on today. default does not last long. lovely blue skies for england and wales. more sunshine in the northern england, even into scotland, away from the far north that is. here we are looking at a couple of degrees higher than today, so it will feel warm with light winds, a super day for the grand national. could not get any more sparkling numbness: 18 degrees or so, not a cloud in the sky. breezes drawing in drierair. so, not a cloud in the sky. breezes drawing in drier air. at the same time, a weather front approaching the north—west, so for much of scotla nd the north—west, so for much of scotland and the northern ireland ts, scotland and the northern ireland ‘s, sunday is not looking as good. and in wales, dry and sunny, into the afternoon. but we will see it well cloud coming into western coastal

south—western england through the west cou ntry south—western england through the west country into walesland. later in the afternoon, showers in the east, perhaps some thunder too. some of us will dodge the showers com pletely some of us will dodge the showers completely and will be wondering where are they. the night will be clear. chilly with frost around, particularly across northern areas. mostly grass frost. tomorrow a different day. no showers. this high thatis different day. no showers. this high that is going to build from the southis that is going to build from the south is going to stop the showers from forming. that is quite often what high pressures do, they put a lid on things. we then get a fine, clear day. maybe just a few scattered clouds tomorrow, harmless ones. 16 or 17 in london, 13 for most though and some of the coastal areas a little fresher. two very different days this weekend. a bit of sunshine, a bit of rain and sunshine and a bit of rain again. that's today. we'll call that april showers. a chilly night. then tomorrow should be sunny from dawn until dusk. patie

for all of them when i say thank you for stepping forward to serve our country at this important time. you are a true man of the west, and the country is fortunate to have someone of your experience and knowledge leading the department of the interior, so thank you very much. you know, is the greatest privilege of my life to serve as vice president and president donald trump. he is a man of his word. a newly 100 days, president trump has been delivering on the promises that he made to the american people one after another. he assembled a world-class cabinet. he has been fighting for american jobs every single day, even since election day. he's put a renewed emphasis on american energy. he is slashing through a mountain range of red tape in you leaning out of the last administration. thanks to his leadership, more than 500,000 jobs have been created. businesses and consumers today are more confident and they have been in years and by some measures, in decades. just as neil gorsuch, president promise tohis nominate a justice in the mold of late and great antonin scalia a, who secured our border, taking dangerous illeg

to do if they want to win over voters in gloucester and indeed in several other key seat in the west countryes from the publishers association show 2016 was a record year for book sales though fiction fell by seven per cent, and we seem to be falling out of love with ebooks, which showed contiuned decline. instead, readers flocked to fitness and self—help books. andy moore has the details. the publishing industry says it has an exciting tale to tell of rising sales, both at home and abroad, with one interesting twist in the plot. so it seems the death of old—fashioned books, printed on paper, has been overwritten. sales of books like this are up by 8%. sales of electronic books are down by 3%. for lovers of traditional books, there really is no competition. a physical book every time. it's the experience and it's just an absolute joy to take yourself away from the world and just enjoy that book and the smell and feel of it. it's got to be a physical book, except if you're going on holiday and you're going to be over the luggage limit. that's the only time, that's my only reason for not havin

we will keep some showers towards the west of the country, and west scotland, but clearer skies furtherves as a few showers. the odd shower towards the west where we will have a bit more cloud. for the most, a dry and bright day, a little sunshine at times. temperatures creeping up again. 12 in glasgow, about 15 in london, around where they should be for the time of year. a breeze will be picking up on saturday. most places will be dry. some sunshine around. perhaps a few showers. not a bad start to the bank holiday weekend. a lot of uncertainty, particularly with what is happening in the south—west, this area of low pressure could push bands of rain up from the south—west, perhaps getting up towards scotland. a bit of uncertainty through sunday and monday. it is likely it will be breezy and milder than it has been of late. by no means will it be a wash—out despite a little bit of rain be impossible. hello, it's thursday april 27th, it's 9 o'clock, i'm chloe tilley, welcome to the programme. borisjohnson refuses to rule out military action against syria. the foreign secretary says anoth

if you are camping in the west country it is looking a little bit soggy and breezy through the day.aps up to what the midlands as we head towards the afternoon. still some sunshine for east anglia, much of northern england, northern ireland as well, and for scotland we are looking at a largely dry day. the warmer spot is likely to be in the north—west of scotland, where we could see 17 degrees or so. taking the edge of that with the south—westerly breeze. it is looking dry for the cycling, stage three today. temperatures around 15 degrees or so and it will bea around 15 degrees or so and it will be a little bit lottery as well. as we move through into the evening, we have the dry weather continuing across much of scotland, northern ireland and northern england, the rain edging its way northwards and eastwards. low pressure in charge across the southern half of the uk as we start on holiday monday but further north it is a quite a picture. a mixed day tomorrow. sunshine and scattered showers across much of england and wales. the heaviest showers down to was south—west. could be the o

the satellite image you can see the rain that has already been working in across the south—west of the countryouth—west of england, nudging slowly north eastwards. if we ta ke nudging slowly north eastwards. if we take a look around the country at four o'clock, some of the showers will be heavy across the south—west of thing with thunder possible. some brighter and drier spells across the afternoon as well. a few spots of light rain in the south—east of england. eastern england and northern england and northern ireland still staying dry and bright. it will not be wall—to—wall sunshine. some relatively warm weather across scotland where wilsey temperatures reaching 17 degrees in the northwest. a fine end to the day across many northern parts of the country. a bit patchy rain in northern ireland. it was the clouds and outbreaks of rain in northern england. relatively mild to start bank holiday monday across southern parts of the uk. fresher but brighter in the north. tomorrow we have still got the easterly breeze. cooler on the east coast of scotland. further south, across england and wales, sun

quite a lot of dry, bright weather with sunshine, just some showers towards the north and north—west of the countrysouth, 1a degrees or so should feel fairly pleasant. it remains cool through the rest of the easter weekend with a mix of sunny spells. for some of us a bit of rain too. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: the commander of american forces in afghanistan says dropping his country's most powerful non—nuclear bomb on islamic state was the right thing to do. this was the right weapon against the right target. we will not relent in our mission to fight alongside oui’ in our mission to fight alongside our afghan comrades to destroy isis in 2017. a british tourist, thought to be aged in her 20s, has been stabbed to death on a tram in jerusalem's old town. a man was arrested at the scene. an operation to move up to 30,000 people from four besieged towns in syria has begun. it comes ahead of talks in russia between the syrian regime and its backers. unions representing half a million teachers say a funding shortage is having a big impact on schools in england, as they meet for their annual

yet for east wales, central and eastern england and much of the west country and north—east england and temperatures dropping away, 10 degrees in inverne55, from adam brat to aberdeen it should be dried although a little cloudy this afternoon. if you are tempted to head to the coa5t, bear in mind if the cloud lap5e in from the sea temperatures will take a tumble, 11 in aberystwyth, compare that with 25 or 26 in the sunshine further east. a fine end to the day for many, we do have this weather front continuing to sink south and east, the rain along it tending to fizzle away as it pushes down acro55 along it tending to fizzle away as it pushes down across england and wale5 overnight, we do get into some cooler air, temperatures not dropping too far overnight, we will see a few showers pushing in particularly acro55 northern areas as well. tomorrow not a bad day, on the face of it, given that it is april, we should cea5e pul5e the face of it, given that it is april, we should cea5e pulse of sunshine, patchy cloud, some shower5, sunshine, patchy cloud, some showers, and across the far north

further april showers around the north—west of the country. the south and east. very unlikely to catch any rain. it will be overcast with moments of sunshine. again, very similar temperatures. moments of sunshine. again, very similartemperatures. good moments of sunshine. again, very similar temperatures. good friday looks as though it will be pretty overcast, a least across the southern half of the uk. you can see some blobs of rain. very patchy rain. not everybody is going to get it. the northern half of the country a little bit cooler. more frequent sunny spells. sunshine and april showers from the lake district north and into northern ireland. there are areas of low and highs close to others. the weather not exhilarating all that bad. just normal for the time of year. fairly fresh with sunny spells. most of the time, it will be dry wherever you are in the uk. this is bbc news, i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 8pm. following talks in moscow, the us secretary of state and his russian counterpart, admit there's work to do, if relations, are

from devon in the west country all the way towards the kent coast you might have some sunshine.me sunshine, so it is not all bad. we have got two weather fronts moving across the uk. look what happens by the time we get to the evening on good friday. it is in the south. then on saturday cold aircoming infrom in the south. then on saturday cold air coming in from the norwegian sea reaches our shores. it is a cool day on saturday. the better day of the easter weekend, 14 degrees in london and 9 degrees in glasgow. and then on easter day itself, high pressure is closer to the south—west, so whether he should be better. in plymouth and carded the weather should be decent, perhaps more rain in liverpool and northern ireland. in the north east of scotland and the southern counties get a bit of sunshine. on monday some of us will have sunshine and some of us will have sunshine and some of us will have cloud. the weather forecast is really blurry as we head into monday. but at least it is not pouring all we have not got any raging gales. so it is decent enough. syria's president says th

french regional forces in the west african country of mali have killed or captured about 20 militantsr its border with burkina faso. it followed the death of a french soldier earlier this month. mali suffers regularjihadist attacks in spite of operations to force militants out of northern cities they seized in 2013. france has deployed about 4,000 soldiers in the region. at least five people have been killed and nearly 50 others injured after several tornados hit texas yesterday evening. as the search for missing people continues emergency services say they fear the death toll may rise. the winds flipped over cars, destroyed houses and left roads strewn with debris and fallen power lines. the american midwest has been struck by an intensive weather system that has caused damage across several states. we'll have a full paper review at 11:30pm, but let's have a quick look at some of the front pages. the ft leads on warnings from leader bankers that interest—free credit cards are ticking time bombs. the i reports thatjeremy corbyn will invest three billion pounds in education, reversing

west. turning breezy for western parts of the country. —— the wind is picking up. r many of us, the trend in temperatures is upwards. it could feel cooler around the east coast. quite a lot of cooler and unsettled weather on the coast. they're two of the most famous sportsmen to come out of yorkshire. so, it's no wonder alistair and jonny brownlee are being honoured today, with the uk's first purpose—built triathlon training base being named after them. the the brownlee centre, in leeds, will be the focus for the next generation of sports hopefuls, who want to replicate the incredible 0lympic success of the brothers. our very own triathlete, louise minchin, is there for us this morning. she is not sitting still. she is not standing still and she is already on her bike. very good morning. it is the most stunning morning. you mention the fantastic 0lympic athletes we have. these could be the future, couldn't you. they are from leeds university. this is the first, purpose—built cycling circuit in the uk. you happy to be here? yes. they will cycle of far more profession

it needs to be discovering -- being the first european country to claim land on the west coast of america. when the twin urges, competing urges, of assimilating american indians and having america be a transcontinental country come into conflict, he chooses the geostrategic and this of course will remain ultimately that his intellectual descendents to decide on indian removal. i don't think it's fair to say that jefferson is responsible for indian removal but the impulse to defend american indians or assimilate them was already weaker in jefferson's mind than the impulse to win this transcontinental race even while he was president. finally, lastly, lastly, the concluding chapter of my book is about public education in jefferson's conception. this is related to his land reform. remember, he thought, republican society only 85 families own about two thirds of virginia and could we have republican society in which as we think was the case when the revolution began about half of adult white men of sound mind were illiterate in virginia. jefferson thanks, no, we can't. so, he was a member of

a guinea is in a country in west africa. sort of surrounds sierra leone. borders liberia. it's one of the poorest country in the world, guinea is. and that is a stark thing when you have some of the most impressive untapped natural resources in the world. but guinea got independence from france in 1958. and then they started essentially a long cycle of suffering under dictators who ruled for life and who took a long time to die. their first leader took power upon independence in 1958. he stayed in power from 1958 until he died in 1984. 26 years later. then as soon as they were rid of him, they got another dictator in 1984. and he held on for 24 years. until he died too in 2008. but for all the problems that guinea has had as a country, for all that -- all the challenges it has struggled through, guinea's natural resources have not really been a help thus far. yes, they do have the world's largest untapped deposits of iron ore but that has not necessarily turned out to be a good thing for them. mostly what it has turned out to be for them is a scandal and a crime. and now th

macron has arrived in the west of the country.couple of hours drive from where he was earlier in the day. he is speaking there at a rally addressing his supporters. claire williams is there following events and joins us now. macron clearly try to appeal to rural voters. that is something that is and perhaps that easy, is it? reporter: absolutely. emmanuel macron is speaking behind me at this very moment. he knows his audience. he is really appealing to world voters. area -- some of the smallest towns voting for marine le pen. emmanuel macron knows that. what he has been telling the audience, he says he would try to expand 3g and 4g coverage to roll areas. i will improve roads, rail networks, i will also expand health care services to rural areas. it is acceptable that big charts of france were hazards when it comes to health care. he is appealing to rural interests. he has also been really laying it into marine le pen. he has really been attacking her program. fooled, don't let her think she is a patriot. we are the patriots. in 2

that is, and needs to be discovering some discovery being the first european country to claim the land on the westcoast of north america. when the twin and the competing urges of assimilating american indians and having america be a transcontinental country come into conflict, he chooses the geostrategic to mrs. meaning ultimately his intellectual will decide on indian removal. i did i think it's fair to say that jefferson is responsible for indian removal but the impulse to defend and assimilate them already weakened jefferson's mind then the impulse to win this transcontinental race. even while he is president. finally, lastly, the concluding chapter of my book is about public education and jefferson's conception. this is related to his land reform. remember he thought you cannot have republican society if only 85 families on two thirds of virginia. could we have a republican society in which we think was the case when the revolution began, about half adult white men were of sound literate in virginia. jefferson thinks, no we can't. so he was a member of the council of revisor's. he wrote a bill