means -- sorry, we will get to this in just a second -- but if you can imagine that map of the western frontand attack on the broad front. to not look to pierce one part of it. werehe goals for foch railway lines, will rip -- railway notes, places you could interfere with german supplies. in modernstood warfare decisive battles were few and far between. second, in october, foch said down and began drafting what he thought would be successful armistice terms. what will be the terms we could accept a german surrender, a german agreement? he told advisers that she said, all of the casualties that occurred in the first world war up to that point, he, foch, blamed on the german spirit he said, if i can get peace and i don't take it, every castle to will be on my head. once i get them to agree to these armistice terms, i have no right to ask for one more drop of blood. that is what he did in the famous railway car. second from the right on the bottom, holding the briefcase that has germany's -- surrender. this was a coalition victory, and everyone knew it. asre is a statue of foch victoria station

number six on our list all's quiet on the western front. remark turned his own trauma as a soldier in the first world war into a global bestseller. already in one thousand thirty just one year after it was published it sold more than three and a half million copies worldwide. and i don't think you still. see him my true subject was a purely human this was that a young man eighteen years old someone who should be confronting life is suddenly forced to confront death. in his one nine hundred thirty adaptation director lewis milestone created the world's first antiwar film the stark little images of the slaughter the front no one at least in the movies had ever seen war like this. in germany nazi supporters disrupted screening and the american legion boycott of the film but also quiet on the western front still won two oscars remains a classic the finds a genre. on the set for the reader steven dahl trees drama set in one nine hundred fifty s. post-war germany. the british director found the authentic locations for his film in the eastern germ

the big problem we have on the western front is the german reserve. there's 24 reserve divisions rushed up and down the western front the previous four years of the war in anytime allies punch a hole in the line the german reserve divisions show up and stop gap that. the general supreme allied commander needs that strategic reserve tied up or defeated. either way he needs them out of the way and the americans have been given a job of doing that. the plan is to kick off the attack 26 september 1918 with franco-american attack, one of our largest attacks 1.2 million americans will serve, backed up and supported and fighting alongside 600,000 frenchman. why's it so critical for the german's? if you notice on this west point map there is a network, only a few that come out of germany and that is the lifeline to the german army. this lifeline comes out from strasburg and where that * is is the french town and if we sever or threatened that it will cut the germans off from that supply line and so it works according to the plan. americans attack all 24 germa

that fundamentally changes the whole history of the second 1940,war because from there is no western front for four years, until june 1944. that is why the whole war becomes totally to friend. -- totally different. in terms of the french story nationalhat moment of sharplyion is contrasted by the figure of 1.3 million, 1.3 million frenchmen .ie in the first world war in june 1941, 1.3 million frenchmen roughly speaking march off into german is in her war camps. regime find vichy rmistice and imposes in a coach that was used by the french to inflict the arm mistice. to impose aoes on fascist-style ideology on france and by 1943 and 1944, is complicit with the nazi program for the elimination of jews. it is not surprising that the 1940h call those years, 1940, the years of -- 1944 years of occupation.tion their finest hour, the french said you could not publish a book in french in 1940 and call it finest hour. two is called the tragic hour. a very different story for the french from the british. a first world war that is a noble sacrifice, a second world war that is a national embarrassment.

. >> it was not just the western front that the germ wand were in retreat. also on the eastern front. operations where the red army had advanced right the way across bella -- to the gates of war saw, on the western front the allies, the british and americans, had rather misjudged the thing. they saw the victory in normandy, this extraordinary charge forward, all the way from the river sein to brussel, so antwerp, sadly just to the port, not to the closing the astoria, not opening that spirally but also they made a big mistake about the attempt to bomb hitler on the 20th of july. they assumed that any army which was trying to blow up the then commander chief must be a state of disintegration. they saw the failure to kill history here men the nazis, the ss and hitler himself would make sure the army fought on until the very end, until hitler was dead. so the wars if you like victory our for ya, believing-- -- our fora, believes just one more purpose and the war would come to an end, montgomery was determined to try to get across the rhine before general patton

using audio recorded in the 1960s and ‘70s, veterans of the western front recollect their wartime experiencest, you hadn't got a clue. these stories are told over footage from the war, which has been painstakingly restored, colourised and converted into 3—d by jackson's team at wingnut films in new zealand. audio has been added in places, but the film develops entirely from the soldiers‘ perspective, in their own words. their stories are told in an imaginative and startling way. the film flips from the patriotic fervour of vetera ns‘ accou nts of their enlistment to war to the brutal and shocking realities of day—to—day life and death in the trenches. some of these stories are told in a surprisingly matter—of—fact way. you lived like tramps. you didn‘t polish any buttons. you wore any uniform bits that you liked, and nobody worried. all that they were concerned with was that you were fit to fight. peterjackson and his team trawled through over 600 hours of audio and 100 hours of filmed footage provided by the imperial war museum‘s archive in order to construct the film. vfx wizardry smooths t

it was also on the eastern front where the red army but on the western front those allies misjudged where they saw the victory in normandy with that charge forward and then with dad attempt to bomb hitler but any army must me in that state of disintegration and then of course, hitler himself but then until the very end when hitler was dead. so it was like victor lund - - victory euphoria but then to be determined but then have these lines going north from the front tier. and as you say in your opening to contact the enemy since d-day for those airborne operations. . >>. >> and those with great bravery they were not put off so those that were held back from d-day but then when they are actually on the aircraft it did not help at all with that bitterness and frustration but to let pat win the war but then they already proven themselves. but then montgomery was determined to impose his view on the air force. and then in this particular case and then to with his plan with eisenhower as the air force needs to have the final say for airborne operations. >> so when he was called out on the tenth

and it is our honor, in particular this year, the year of the centennial of the armistice on the western front, to welcome you all, whether you are here in our auditorium for joining us on youtube or if you are joining us on c-span for a continuing part of the conversation about the stories and the enduring impact of world war i. this evening we are so pleased to be in partnership with another gem of a cultural institution, rainy day books, who continue to bring spectacular speakers looking at all sorts of history fiction. one of my favorites was a cookbook author who came in town and you should take a look, find out about what is happening at any of these places do take a look on our websites. ours is www. the world war.org. it is my honor and pleasure to invite the president of rainy day books to the podium so she can share the website where you can find more information as well. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming vivian jennings. [applause] >> thank you, laura. you can check our calendar. we would live to have you join us anytime. rainy day books is pleased to partner with th

in the western front new mexico and california grapple with their own version of confederate tributes, namely celebrations of spanish conquests and missionaries. controversies over the messaging of these have received less media attention nationally. although people have much appreciation for the statues as african-americans for confederate generals. i will mention four these controversies before turning to a nearby texas site. a monument depicts a vanquished indian lying at the feet of a settlor and a catholic priest. the catholic priest looks like a cross between the ghost of christmas past and eight a dementor.and a --y african american groups by spanish-american settlers. member,e a tribal called the sculpture to genocide and scoffed that its removal would show disrespect for history. is a slide that they'd activists decapitated a statue of some and who was canonized as a saint by pope francis for his efforts to christianize california indians. these natives say he should be the saint of genocide. in new mexico, during the festival of santa fe, held each year since 1911, hispanic

through during monday night and then for tuesday, we've got this slow—moving, wiggling weather front targeting westernringing some heavy rain to the highlands. here, we could see around 50—100mm of rain up over the mountains — it is going to be quite a wet spell of weather. elsewhere, a lot of cloud, a few limited bright or sunny spells, but it's milder. temperatures for most of us between 10 and 11 degrees celsius. notice those temperatures coming up in shetland, so the threat of any snow receding with that milder weather arriving. through tuesday night, our slow—moving weather front is still there, bringing rain in scotland, will eventually push southwards, bringing the wet weather from scotland into northern ireland, across parts of england and wales as well. now, to the south of our weather front, which is the cold front that continues to move in during wednesday. we should see still some reasonable temperatures in the south with highs expected to reach about 10 celsius or so, but noticeably colder further north — cold enough for some hill snow there across northern parts of scotland temperatures

front. by the end of the day, it will come through more readily across scotland and northern ireland. we have showers for western areas and a weakening weather front giving rain and hill snow. still cold air out and about. this evening, we keep clearer skies in the south and east. it will turn cold pretty quickly across scotland and northern ireland. behind the weather front, temperatures down to several degrees below freezing. we already have more cloud piling in ahead of our next weather front. that will obscure the view of the lunar eclipse. this is quite a main player in the weather story. how much snow it will give and at how low levels. starting quiet but cold on monday, mist and freezing fog. this looks more active as the winds bring rain into northern ireland and scotland in the afternoon, turning to snow over the hills. through the evening, you can see a risk of snow far south, even the hills could see a smattering for a time. it will clear. more likely to settle on the hills further north with several centimetres. showers will follow. with the cold air behind, temperatures on tuesday evening in the sun

pushing through on monday night and tuesday, this weather front targeting westerner the mountains, quite a wet spell of weather. elsewhere, a lot of cloud and a few limited sunny spells but it's milder. temperatures for most of us between 10 and 11 celsius. notice those temperatures coming up in shetland so the threat of any snow receding with that milder weather arriving. tuesday night, the slow—moving weather front bringing rain in scotland will eventually push southwards, bringing the wet weather from scotland into northern ireland across parts of england and wales as well. to the south of our weather front, the cold front which continues to move in during wednesday, we should see some reasonable temperatures in the south with highs expected to reach about 10 celsius or so, but noticeably colder further north, cold enough for some hill snow there across northern parts of scotland with single—figure temperatures. that colder air moves southwards wednesday night and by thursday, winds coming down from the arctic and with that a lot of dry weather and sunshine but

snow showers will fizzle out tonight as high pressure builds, but we have this weather front pushing into westernwhich will bring thickening cloud and outbreaks of rain and more of a breeze, so here is the cloud thickens up it shouldn't be too cold but elsewhere it turns very cold and ice could be a problem in eastern areas. widespread frost developing, quite sharp in the east of the country, temperatures well below freezing but further west because of the cloud and rain, it will not be as cold. these are the pictures as we go into friday, most places still under high pressure that this weather system bringing more rain to northern ireland, wales and the south west of england, some of the rain could be heavy and we could see sleet and snow down to lower levels. north and eastern areas should tend to stay dry, some hazy sunshine, another cold day with temperatures coming offa another cold day with temperatures coming off a little bit in the west. in the weekend it looks like it will be mostly dry and quite chilly, the best sunshine on sunday, on saturday we still have that weather front bringing r

western quickly to the front of the daily express. as a mum i am still surprised this is a story.colate i would just say no and it isa chocolate i would just say no and it is a no. and number two haven't we seen this come over and over again? what is so different about this time around? nothing different except the problem has increasing. the best factor in this story which i read a while ago is one in three children leaving primary school are obese. and if this helps not in any way which... they will try and if this helps not in any way which. .. they will try to and if this helps not in any way which... they will try to curb these special sales of buy one get one free or curb special sales by the tail. they say you can't have that. watts of mums do this. they have a stat saying seven out of ten parents will buy treats for the children if they asked for them at the till because i guess easier to get through. i definitely wasn't one of those kids that was allowed to. we have a obesity problem in this country. if you start with kids, again, i keep using the first step in the right

to the south ahead of the cold front, quite a bit of cloud, temperatures still set to reach double figures. further north, brighter skies, showers in northern and westerncotland but the temperatures will fall through the day behind the cold front and we are looking at seven or eight in glasgow and aberdeen. overnight on sunday into monday, the colder air will slide all the way south across the uk and another where the feature will start to eat its way southwards and behind that of the air will be colder still and you can see the frost developing in lerwick and wintry showers feeling down the north sea. this is what it looks like on monday morning, that other feature. the sky is looking pretty clear on monday, a lot of sunshine but pretty chilly to start with on what could turn out to be a chilly day. quite a bit of sunshine around, some hazy sun in the north—west thanks to high cloud but it will feel colder, especially with the northerly breeze although not particularly strong. temperatures are looking at six or 7 degrees, may be double figures in the south west and south wales. on tuesday, we turn it on its head again, the wind direction has changed t

this weather front targeting western scotland, bringing heavy rain to the highlands.loud, a few limited bright or sunny spells but it's milder. temperatures for most of us between 10 and 11 celsius. notice those temperatures coming up in shetland, so the threat of any snow receding with that milder weather arriving. through tuesday night, the slow—moving weather front bringing rain in scotland will eventually push southwards, bringing the wet weather from scotland into northern ireland across parts of england and wales as well. to the south of our weather front, the cold front continues to move in during wednesday. we should see some reasonable temperatures in the south with highs expected to reach about 10 celsius or so, but noticeably colder further north — cold enough for some hill snow there across northern parts of scotland with single—figure temperatures. that colder air moves southwards wednesday night and by thursday, winds coming down from the arctic and with that, a lot of dry weather and sunshine, but cold with a sharp frost and showers around as well. thos

through during monday night and then for tuesday, we've got this slow—moving, wiggling weather front targeting westernountains — it is going to be quite a wet spell of weather. elsewhere, a lot of cloud, a few limited bright or sunny spells, but it's milder. temperatures for most of us between 10 and 11 degrees celsius. notice those temperatures coming up in shetland, so the threat of any snow receding with that milder weather arriving. through tuesday night, our slow—moving weather front is still there, bringing rain in scotland, will eventually push southwards, bringing the wet weather from scotland into northern ireland, across parts of england and wales as well. now, to the south of our weather front, which is the cold front that continues to move in during wednesday. we should see still some reasonable temperatures in the south with highs expected to reach about 10 celsius or so, but noticeably colder further north — cold enough for some hill snow there across northern parts of scotland temperatures into single figures. that colder air continues its journey southwards wednesday night and by thurs

through during monday night and then for tuesday, we've got this slow—moving, wiggling weather front targeting westernee around 50—100mm of rain up over the mountains — it is going to be quite a wet spell of weather. elsewhere, a lot of cloud, a few limited bright or sunny spells, but it's milder. temperatures for most of us between 10 and 11 degrees celsius. notice those temperatures coming up in shetland, so the threat of any snow receding with that milder weather arriving. through tuesday night, our slow—moving weather front is still there, bringing rain in scotland, will eventually push southwards, bringing the wet weather from scotland into northern ireland, across parts of england and wales as well. now, to the south of our weather front, which is the cold front that continues to move in during wednesday. we should see still some reasonable temperatures in the south with highs expected to reach about 10 celsius or so, but noticeably colder further north — cold enough for some hill snow there across northern parts of scotland temperatures into single figures. that colder air continues its journey

pushing through on monday night and tuesday, this weather front targeting western the mountains, quite a wet spell of weather. elsewhere, a lot of cloud and a few limited sunny spells but it's milder. temperatures for most of us between 10 and 11 celsius. notice those temperatures coming up in shetland so the threat of any snow receding with that milder weather arriving. tuesday night, the slow—moving weather front bringing rain in scotland will eventually push southwards, bringing the wet weather from scotland into northern ireland across parts of england and wales as well. to the south of our weather front, the cold front which continues to move in during wednesday, we should see some reasonable temperatures in the south with highs expected to reach about 10 celsius or so, but noticeably colder further north, cold enough for some hill snow there across northern parts of scotland with single—figure temperatures. that colder air moves southwards wednesday night and by thursday, winds coming down from the arctic and with that a lot of dry weather and sunshine but co

through during monday night and then for tuesday, we've got this slow—moving, wiggling weather front targeting western could see around 50—100mm of rain up over the mountains — it is going to be quite a wet spell of weather. elsewhere, a lot of cloud, a few limited bright or sunny spells, but it's milder. temperatures for most of us between 10 and 11 degrees celsius. notice those temperatures coming up in shetland, so the threat of any snow receding with that milder weather arriving. through tuesday night, our slow—moving weather front is still there, bringing rain in scotland, will eventually push southwards, bringing the wet weather from scotland into northern ireland, across parts of england and wales as well. now, to the south of our weather front, which is the cold front that continues to move in during wednesday. we should see still some reasonable temperatures in the south with highs expected to reach about 10 celsius or so, but noticeably colder further north — cold enough for some hill snow there across northern parts of scotland temperatures into single figures. that colder air continues its

tuesday, what we have got is some rain that could be quite consistent across the western scotland, this slow—moving frontome heavy rain mounting up across scotland, elsewhere dry story, elsewhere it is mild, temperatures in double figures across the board, lighter winds further south. this front will bring that persistent rain across scotland through the day on tuesday, overnight into wednesday this cold front starts to make its way a little further south across the country, so that rain will push into parts of central england, wales, followed by some heavy showers rattling in on the north—westerly breeze from the north—west. change during the course of wednesday as that cold front makes its way southwards across the country, we are back into single figures the most places, there will be some sunshine around, we could see temperatures easing towards the south—east. later next week we see, one that cold front gets out of the way is the doors opening to a more nor the —— northerly influenced to oui’ nor the —— northerly influenced to our weather, a cold spell and then into next weekend, the weather front l

fronts topple in from the north—west. we are already seeing that rain arriving across parts of northern and western scotland, this patchy bandt cold front moves further southward and eastward tonight. they'll be some light patchy rain through central england and wales first thing tomorrow morning. it is looking frost free. around 3—8 degrees, but you'll notice the strength of the winds tomorrow, that north—westerly wind packing in further showers, particularly across parts of scotland, northern ireland and north—west england. the further south and east you are, you're more likely to stay dry for much of the day, after the morning rain clears from the south—east. there'll be some sunny spells around, milder than it has been, with temperatures around 9—11 degrees. fairly frequent showers across northern and western scotland into the north—west of england and north wales, too. moving through saturday night, then, into sunday, we've got the next cold front that moves its way in again from the north—west. quite a lot of isobars on the map, showing a windier spell of weather, a blustery—feeling day certainly on sunday with a mix o

pushing through on monday night and tuesday, this weather front targeting westerneather. elsewhere, a lot of cloud and a few limited sunny spells but it's milder. temperatures for most of us between 10 and 11 celsius. notice those temperatures coming up in shetland so the threat of any snow receding with that milder weather arriving. tuesday night, the slow—moving weather front bringing rain in scotland will eventually push southwards, bringing the wet weather from scotland into northern ireland across parts of england and wales as well. to the south of our weather front, the cold front which continues to move in during wednesday, we should see some reasonable temperatures in the south with highs expected to reach about 10 celsius or so, but noticeably colder further north, cold enough for some hill snow there across northern parts of scotland with single—figure temperatures. that colder air moves southwards wednesday night and by thursday, winds coming down from the arctic and with that a lot of dry weather and sunshine but cold with a sharp frost and showers arou

fronts topple in from the north—west. we are already seeing that rain arriving across parts of northern and western scotland, this patchy bandth that cold front moves further southward and eastward tonight. they'll be some light patchy rain through central england and wales first thing tomorrow morning. it is looking frost free. around 3—8 degrees, but you'll notice the strength of the winds tomorrow, that north—westerly wind packing in further showers, particularly across parts of scotland, northern ireland and north—west england. the further south and east you are, you're more likely to stay dry for much of the day, after the morning rain clears from the south—east. there'll be some sunny spells around, milder than it has been, with temperatures around 9—11 degrees. fairly frequent showers across northern and western scotland into the north—west of england and north wales, too. moving through saturday night, then, into sunday, we've got the next cold front that moves its way in again from the north—west. quite a lot of isobars on the map, showing a windier spell of weather, a blustery—feeling day certainly on sunday with a

in fact, for western parts of scotland, some persistent spells of rain. and that comes courtesy of this cold frontady delivering some persistent rain across the western isles through the early hours of saturday morning and slowly sinking its way south and eastward. so for much of the uk, it will be a fairly cloudy day on saturday. increasingly windy, a few showers sinking their way southwards but tending to dissipate as they do but the showers will give way to a more persistent spell of rain initially across the east of northern ireland and later in the day across northern and western scotland and some of that rain just arriving into the far north of england as well. quite a windy day, particularly across scotland. that's an idea of average strengths but gusts could well touch 30 or a0 miles an hour. but for many, a milder—feeling day, temperatures into double figures, around 10 or ii celsius. 0vernight, it's cloudy, it'd windy, a bit damp in places with some patchy drizzle but more persistent rain pushing its way across northern —— 0vernight, it's cloudy, it's windy, a bit damp in places with som

in fact, for western parts of scotland, some persistent spells of rain. and that comes courtesy of this cold fronttent rain across the western isles through the early hours of saturday morning and slowly sinking its way south and eastward. so for much of the uk, it will be a fairly cloudy day on saturday. increasingly windy, a few showers sinking their way southwards but tending to dissipate as they do but the showers will give way to a more persistent spell of rain initially across the east of northern ireland and later in the day across northern and western scotland and some of that rain just arriving into the far north of england as well. quite a windy day, particularly across scotland. that's an idea of average strengths but gusts could well touch 30 or 40 miles an hour. but for many, a milder—feeling day, temperatures into double figures, around 10 or 11 celsius. 0vernight, it's cloudy, it's windy, a bit damp in places with some patchy drizzle but more persistent rain pushing its way across northern scotland and then slowly sinking its way southwards to arrive perhaps into the far north of en

front. by the end of the day, it will come through more readily across scotland and northern ireland. we have showers for western and about. this evening, we keep clearer skies in the south and east. it will turn cold pretty quickly across scotland and northern ireland. behind the weather front, temperatures down to several degrees below freezing. we already have more cloud piling in ahead of our next weather front. that will obscure the view of the lunar eclipse. this is quite a main player in the weather story. how much snow it will give and at how low levels. starting quiet but cold on monday, mist and freezing fog. this looks more active as the winds bring rain into northern ireland and scotland in the afternoon, turning to snow over the hills. through the evening, you can see a risk of snow far south, even the hills could see a smattering for a time. it will clear. more likely to settle on the hills further north with several centimetres. showers will follow. with the cold air behind, temperatures on tuesday evening in the sunshine just 5 degrees. with lots of sleet and snow showers following. staying cold.

front. by the end of the day, it will come through more readily across scotland and northern ireland. we have showers for westernkeep clearer skies in the south and east. it will turn cold pretty quickly across scotland and northern ireland. behind the weather front, temperatures down to several degrees below freezing. we already have more cloud piling in ahead of our next weather front. that high cloud will obscure the view of the lunar eclipse. this is quite a main player in the weather story. how much snow it will give and at how low levels. starting quiet but cold on monday, mist and freezing fog. this looks more active as the winds strengthen bringing rain into northern ireland and scotland in the afternoon, turning to snow over the hills. through the evening, you can see a risk of snow far south, even the hills could see a smattering for a time. it will clear. more likely to settle on the hills further north with several centimetres. showers will follow. with the cold air behind, temperatures on tuesday evening in the sunshine just 5 degrees. —— even in the sunshine. with lots of sleet and snow showers fol

oh no welcome to the party on the eve of the front on the western media i wash with reports of the so-called grand bargain that russia and the united states may or may not.

including civilians so the turkish backed free syrian army has the poor and fighters along front lines in the western aleppo countryside to stop the rapid advance of the the hooter's shum muhammadu reports from. the city and. russia just hit the village of order. in the countryside. the russian military insists the strikes were launched to stop. fighters. that came into force last september. civilians and probably. dozens of civilians have been killed in the past few days when it's really under question in my opinion the syrian regime and russians do not care who controls where they will attack anywhere where they do not control their excuse that they are targeting extremists talk about. the fighting in the aleppo countryside after the head to. a group with which the talks on free syrian army accusing it of killing for. so clear for anyone watching the situation before these clashes that the f.s.a. were doing horrible things that went on to challenge the f.s.a. has overwhelmed the country strangled and harassed other fighters they killed four of our fighters in cold blood. after days of. fighters sei

long, we are back into the mild stuff as we head into tuesday, slow moving weather fronts will bring heavy rain to westernhat rain could amount to round 50—100 millimetres of rain before it eases south wards. tuesday, temperatures for most of the uk reefing double figure, ten or 11, the uk reefing double figure, ten or ii, temperatures rising as well in the northern isles with shetland lerwick seeing a high of 7 degree, through tuesday into wednesday, the weather front pushes southwards, the rain moves from scotland finally into northern ireland, and across into northern ireland, and across into parts of england and wales as well. this area of rain is a cold front pushing southwards, some uncertainty the exact position through wednesday afternoon but to the south of our front we still have the south of our front we still have the mild air hanging round so ten degrees on wednesday, further north temperatures taking a tumble. cold enough for snow to move into the scottish mountains through wednesday afternoon as the colder air arrives. as the cold air clears we are into straight northerly wind coming down f

western and southern parts of the country but quite cold air across the north and east. temperature in berwick just around one celsius. tuesday and wednesday we have a slow—moving weather fronttland, particularly into the highlands and western isle looking wet. temperatures are rising again, 10 degrees widely and temperature is reaching around seven degrees here. it will get milder for all of us as we reach wednesday and thursday we will start to see a more significant push of arctic wind moving down and replacing these milder westerly winds. so for all of us as we head through thursday, the temperature will drop, even a little below normal for the time of year but at the same time, with the cold air of arriving it should be a little bit more in the way of sunshine. that's your latest weather. hello, and welcome to bbc news. i'm reged ahmad. a saudi teenager who fled from her family, fearing they would kill her for renouncing islam, has arrived in canada, where she's been offered asylum. rahaf al-qunun, who's 18, barricaded herself in a hotel room in bangkok and used social media to highlight her case. nada tawfik reports from toronto. rahaf al-ounun arrived with a smile as

in fact, for western parts of scotland, some persistent spells of rain. and that comes courtesy of this cold frontours of saturday morning and slowly sinking its way south and eastward. so for much of the uk, it will be a fairly cloudy day on saturday. increasingly windy, a few showers sinking their way southwards but tending to dissipate as they do but the showers will give way to a more persistent spell of rain initially across the east of northern ireland and later in the day across northern and western scotland and some of that rain just arriving into the far north of england as well. quite a windy day, particularly across scotland. that's an idea of average strengths but gusts could well touch 30 or a0 miles an hour. but for many, a milder—feeling day, temperatures into double figures, around 10 or 11 celsius. overnight, it's cloudy, it's windy, a bit damp in places with some patchy drizzle but more persistent rain pushing its way across northern scotland and then slowly sinking its way southwards to arrive perhaps into the far north of england by dawn on sunday, but it will be a mild night —

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in fact, for western parts of scotland, some persistent spells of rain. and that comes courtesy of this cold frontestern isles through the early hours of saturday morning and slowly sinking its way south and eastward, so for much of the uk, it will be a fairly cloudy day on saturday. increasingly windy, a few showers sinking their way southwards but tending to dissipate as they do but the showers will give way to a more persistent spell of rain initially across the east of northern ireland and later in the day across northern and western scotland and some of that rain just arriving into the far north of england as well. quite a windy day, particularly across scotland. that's an idea of average strengths but gusts could well touch 30 or a0 miles an hour. but for many, a milderfeeling day, temperatures into double figures, around 10 or 11 celsius. 0vernight, it's cloudy, windy, a bit damp in places with some patchy drizzle but more persistent rain pushing its way across northern scotland and then slowly sinking its way southwards to arrive perhaps into the far north of england by dawn on sunday, but