scotland, north—west england, north west scotland, north—west england, north—west wales as well. the top temperature is 22. low pressure is bringing these weather fronts across the country. they cleared through so sunday looks like being the better of the two days of the weekend. but saturday, rain around and some of it looks to be heavy as well. the rain tending to push eastwards with showers following to northern ireland, wales on the south—west. the top temperature around 22, 20 three celsius across eastern areas. on sunday, the main rain band will fade away from eastern england and we will be left with a day of sunshine and showers. showers could be heavy, thundery and potentially slow moving across parts of the midlands, central, southern england and perhaps the south—east. we will have to keep an eye on those dampers. next week should be dry with some sunshine. thank you, for that. that's it, so goodbye from me. now on bbc one, let'sjoin our news teams where you are. have a very good evening. hello, welcome to sportsday. i'm austin halewood. here's what's coming up in t

ireland, western scotland and north—west england, and temperatures will likely peak in the north. but once again mid 20s are not out of the question across the south—east. as you move towards friday, it looks likely that low pressure will continue to set into the far north, continuing to spell in some on those north—west not a bad day. largely fine coast. not a bad day. largely fine and dry, top temperatures of 22 celsius. as we move into the weekend, it looks likely that that area of low pressure could influence the story for a time, and there will be some showers. but hopefully high pressure will then start to build in from the west and quieten things down. it's certainly not a bad weekend for most of us. but we like to call a good deal of usable weather out there to get out and enjoy. a good deal of dry weather around, you just need to look out for that rain in the far north—west through the first—half of the weekend. this is bbc news. the headlines... thousands of civilians flee major afghan cities, as the taliban continues to gain ground, while president biden says he

some afghans who've already been able to come to the north-west. been able to come to the north—west include those who have worked as interpreters for the british military. there are worries they will be targeted by the taliban. 0ne will be targeted by the taliban. one of those interpreters has been moved to lancaster in the last two weeks with their family. we to lancaster in the last two weeks with their family.— with their family. we offered to take five families. _ with their family. we offered to take five families. so _ with their family. we offered to take five families. so far - with their family. we offered to take five families. so far we've| take five families. so far we�*ve only taken one. and that�*s because we�*ve not been able to get the accommodation for them. we�*ve not been able to get the accommodation forthem. not we�*ve not been able to get the accommodation for them. not because we couldn�*t take them. if it accommodation for them. not because we couldn't take them.— we couldn't take them. if it has been difficult _ we couldn't take them. if it h

we speak to some of the uyghur population who've had to flee north west china. the big crowds became bigger as the time of the funeral approached. as the lines of fans became longer, the police prepared for a huge job of crowd control. idi amin, uganda's brutal former dictator, has died at the age of 80. he's being buried in saudi arabia, where he lived in exile since being overthrown in 1979. two billion people around the world have seen the last total eclipse of the sun to take place in this millennium. it began itsjourney off the coast of canada, ending three hours later when the sun set over the bay of bengal. this is bbc news, the latest headlines... the taliban fight for afghanistan's second city kandahar, as the bbc speaks to the militants leaders exclusively. poland's parliament votes to tighten control of the media — the us says it's deeply troubled, warning it's a threat to freedoms. the british government says it's seriously concerned about the human rights situation in north west china after allegations of abuse against uyghur muslims. the foreign

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it'll build fewer showers as we go through the day, particularly to the north—west of the great glen. so, a better chance of seeing some drier weather through much of eastern scotland and northern ireland. highs further south of 22. that's 72 fahrenheit. that wishy—washy theme is going to continue into the weekend. still got that low slowly drifting off into scandinavia. another weather front potentially will bring some outbreaks of rain, but the position of this rain is going to be subject to question. so, you'll need to keep abreast of the forecast for saturday. it may welljust be that little bit further north or south. at the moment, current thinking are is it goes through the north of wales into northern england. south of that, it stays dry and sunny. north of that, a few scattered showers and a little bit cooler. as we go into sunday and monday, the weather story may well quieten down, but the wind direction changes to more of a north—westerly. so, it willjust feel a little bit fresher despite the sunshine. take care. hello, i'm nuala mcgovern. this is outside source. the hea

we've got high pressure still sitting out to the north or north—west, so it is looking dry. there will be spells of sunshine, temperatures generally somewhere between about 17 to 21 degrees. bye— bye. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. this evening presidentjoe biden says another attack in afghanistan is imminent — he expects it within the next 36 hours. it comes after the us military says a strike by one of its drones has resulted in the deaths of "two high profile" targets, following thursday's attack at kabul airport which killed as many as 170 people. uk military personnel board flights out of kabul — their exit comes after the last uk flight to evacuate civilians from afghanistan leaves. extraordinaryjob to evacuate as many as we have, but i am afraid it is absolutely heartbreaking that we cannot bring everybody out and i think that point has been made very strongly, certainly by the defence secretary and others over the last ten days or so.

it'll build fewer showers as we go through the day, particularly to the north—west of the great glen. so, a better chance of seeing some drier weather through much of eastern scotland and northern ireland. highs further south of 22. that's 72 fahrenheit. that wishy—washy theme is going to continue into the weekend. still got that low slowly drifting off into scandinavia. another weather front potentially will bring some outbreaks of rain, but the position of this rain is going to be subject to question. so, you'll need to keep abreast of the forecast for saturday. it may welljust be that little bit further north or south. at the moment, current thinking are is it goes through the north of wales into northern england. south of that, it stays dry and sunny. north of that, a few scattered showers and a little bit cooler. as we go into sunday and monday, the weather story may well quieten down, but the wind direction changes to more of a north—westerly. so, it willjust feel a little bit fresher despite the sunshine. take care. this is bbc news, the headlines... the head of the afghan

we've got high pressure still sitting out to the north or north—west, so it is looking dry. they will be spells of sunshine, temperatures generally somewhere between about 17 to 21 degrees. bye— bye. hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines: the evening presidentjoe biden says another attack in afghanistan is imminent. he expects within the next 36 hours. it comes after the us military says a strike by one of its drones has resulted in the deaths of �*two high—profile' targets following thursday's attack at kabul airport, which killed as many as 170 people. uk military personnel board flights out of kabul. their exit comes after the last uk flight to evacuate civilians from afghanistan leaves. the ministry of defence says the final planes to leave will be for diplomatic staff and military personnel. we've done an extraordinaryjob to evacuate as many as we have,

we've got high pressure still sitting out to the north or north—west, so it is looking dry. there will be spells of sunshine, temperatures generally somewhere between about 17 to 21 degrees. bye— bye.

the north west, but particularly the north phoenix, heavy students. i can now and we actually have a negotiation and you have member the equivalent of the parliament saying, well, they're just banded who are really upset with the state of the nation that's have a conversation with them. i'm here them out. the read the when you started dealing with terrorists that small. so to throw in a time from because they're upset and they negotiate and have a conversation with them. you're basically telling them it's ok. you ok to kidnap it's ok to kill children. it's ok to use human beings on because your government doesn't really value the life. so i think that that's what i would summarize it. bad behavior that's encouraged that it continues to massey. i'm just going to have a look here. my laptops are audience who are watching globally, have a really good sense of where we talking about northwest and nigeria. how can not things happen around nigeria, but particularly large numbers of school kids happening in the last. i would think the last last year and take

double figure values here and chilly further north and west under the clear skies. further north and west under the clearskies. forthis further north and west under the clear skies. for this weekend, high—pressure dominates. setting out over the north—west of the uk, bringing all of this fine unsettled weather. a breeze across the south—east. nevertoo weather. a breeze across the south—east. never too far away and could scrape the south—east of england on saturday. most places will be dry. more of a breeze across the south—east corner. some cloud affecting coastal parts of scotland. 0ther affecting coastal parts of scotland. other than that, ifind i affecting coastal parts of scotland. other than that, i find i was affecting coastal parts of scotland. other than that, ifind i was plenty of sunshine and heisen into the mid—20s across scotland and into central and southern parts of britain as well. for sunday and into monday, it will be a little bit cooler. more cloud around generally. northern and eastern areas will see the thickest cloud on sunday. the best of the somet

in farah in the north—west, which also fell on monday, there's been heavy fighting. but in other cities, the government has withdrawn. the red cross has warned the fighting parties to restrain themselves, amid reports thousands of civilians have been killed or wounded in fighting. caroline hawley has the story. the aftermath of the battle for kunduz, the northern city captured by the taliban on sunday, the terrifying cost of urban warfare. the un and other aid agencies are now growing increasingly alarmed at the mounting toll it's taking. civilians have fled the taliban advances in their tens of thousands. many have reached the relative safety of the capital kabul. translation: those who have been displaced are in a very - bad and frustrating situation, but those in the government have not sent a representative here to help. there's little comfort for them here, but they've left far worse behind. people are living in fearand dread. women are already being killed and shot for breaching rules that have been imposed on what they can wear and on where they can move witho

in farah in the north—west, which also fell on monday, there's been heavy fighting, but in other cities, government forces have withdrawn. it's being reported that thousands of civilians have been killed or wounded in fighting. caroline hawley has the story. the aftermath of the battle for kunduz, the northern city captured by the taliban on sunday, the terrifying cost of urban warfare. the un and other aid agencies are now growing increasingly alarmed at the mounting toll it's taking. civilians have fled the taliban advances in their tens of thousands. many have reached the relative safety of the capital kabul. translation: those who have been displaced are in a very - bad and frustrating situation, but those in the government have not sent a representative here to help. there's little comfort for them here, but they've left far worse behind. people are living in fearand dread. women are already being killed and shot for breaching rules that have been imposed on what they can wear and on where they can move without a male escort. it's time for the international community to prioritise

as this area of high pressure just backs a little bit more towards the north—west of us, allowing more of us to feel that east or north—easterly breeze going through monday and into the week ahead. it may be a bank holiday where you are, there will be a lot of cloud around on monday, so only limited sunny spells. so you'll notice by then the temperatures have come down a few degrees. just towards the south—west of the uk, where we'll see most of the sunshine, breaking into the 20s. so, it will feel cooler next week. there will be a lot of cloud around, just occasional sunny spells coming through. and it's still dry, with that high pressure in control as we get into september. this is bbc news: i'm rich preston. our top stories: the us carries out a drone strike against an islamic state planner in afghanistan — less than two days after a deadly suicide attack at kabul airport. the us embassy renews its call to citizens to avoid travelling to kabul airport, because of security concerns. also on the programme: us intelligence agencies say covid—19 was not developed as a biological

ireland, western scotland and north west england. and temperatures will likely peak at 16—20 degrees in the north, but once again, mid—20s not out of the question across the south east. now, as we move towards friday, looks likely that that low pressure will continue to sit into the far north, continuing to spill in some showers, particularly on those exposed west coasts. elsewhere, not a bad day, largely fine and dry with top temperatures of 22 celsius. now, as we move into the weekend, it looks likely that that area of low pressure could influence the story for a time, and there will be some showers. but hopefully high pressure will then start to build in from the west and quietening things down. so, it's certainly not a bad weekend for most of us, what we like to call a good deal usable weather out there to get out and enjoy in the garden. good deal of dry weather around, just need to look out for that rain in the far north and west through the first half of the weekend. today at 6pm... the taliban fighters determined to recre

scotland, north—west england, north west scotland, north—west england, north—west wales as well. the top temperature is 22. low pressure is bringing these weather fronts across the country. they cleared through so sunday looks like being the better of the

it was an historic heatwave across western canada and the north—west usa as a so—called high—pressure heat dome grew over the area both trapping and building the heat day on day. it is thought the extreme heat was a contributing factor in hundreds of deaths. in the usa, california is suffering another disastrous fire season with the state's second largest fire on record almost completely destroying the town of greenville in august. searing heat in europe too and on the italian island of sicily in august, a reading of 48.8 celsius. if verified, it is europe's highest temperature on record during a heatwave felt throughout the mediterranean. for nine straight days thousands of greek firefighters have struggled to contain the raging flames that have destroyed hundreds of thousands of hectares of land. on this island in august ferries carried hundreds of people to safety after they fled to the beaches. fires burned around the greek capital, athens, which injuly became the first european city to appoint a heat officer. i asked her what it had been like there. it's been devastating to a lar

ireland, western scotland and north west england. the mid 20s not out of the question across the south—east. friday the low pressure will sit into the far north continuing to spill in some showers particularly on exposed west coasts. elsewhere largely fine and dry with top temperatures of 22 celsius. moving into the weekend it looks likely the area of low pressure could influence the story for a time and there will be some showers but hopefully high pressure will start to build from the west and quieten things down. certainly not a bad weekend for most of us. what we like to call usable weather to get out and enjoy in the garden. a good deal of dry weather around. just look out for the rain through the first half of the weekend. this is bbc news. i'm jane hill. the headlines... thousands of civilians are fleeing major afghan cities, as the taliban continues to gain ground, prompting a humanitarian crisis. our reporter has gained exclusive access to the group. a british man working at the uk embassy in berlin is arrested on suspicio

likely to sit across the north and the west, central and southern england and potentially to the north and west of the great glen could stay relatively dry stop more sunshine perhaps, and 21 degrees. there is the potential for a ridge of high pressure to build as well from the south, we head into next week, for a time, pressures will still to try to push in from the south, atlantic, but means of us will see some quieter weather, with some dry weather, but the showers are still an issue welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi, coming to you from barbados. i'm on an historic sugar plantation where enslaved africans toiled in backbreaking labour during three centuries of the transatlantic slave trade. barbados was one of the earliest and most profitable of the slave colonies in the caribbean. this is the house on the grounds of the plantation, built in the 1650s, where the slave owners lived in great style. my guest is barbados—born eminent historian sir hilary beckles. he's vice chancellor of the university of the west indies and chair of a caribbean commission to gain reparations f

we've got high pressure still sitting out to the north or north—west, so it is looking dry. they will be spells of sunshine, temperatures generally somewhere between about 17 to 2! degrees. bye— bye. this is bbc news. downing street says the uk's 20—year military operation in afghanistan has ended tonight. these were some of the last british troops to leave kabul. this evening presidentjoe biden says another attack in afghanistan is imminent — he expects it within the next 36 hours. it comes after the us military says a strike by one of its drones has resulted in the deaths of "two high profile" targets, following thursday's attack at kabul airport which killed as many as 170 people. tens of thousands flee for safety in the us as hurricane ida intensifies as it approaches louisiana. concerns over rising covid infection rates as large crowds are expected to flock to beaches and festivals over the uk bank holiday weekend.

things are turning cooler from the north—west. so, through sunday and into monday we have this north—westerly wind starting to develop, so that pushes cooler air across the uk, keeping those high temperatures further south into spain. into monday for the uk, it's not a bad day, a lot of places largely dry, just one or two showers, a lot of cloud feeding in on the north—west breeze. eastern areas getting the best of the sunshine but temperatures around 15—20 degrees. if you have plans for the week ahead, a lot of dry, settled weather. one or two isolated showers at times. quite a bit of cloud in general and temperatures a little bit cool for the time of year. bye— bye. this is bbc news, these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. taliban insurgents continue their advance in afghanistan, as us troops prepare for a massive airlift of civilians from kabul. in the last hour, the afghan president said he was working with international partners to prevent further violence in the country. the plymouth shootings

we've got high pressure still sitting out to the north or north—west, so it is looking dry. they will be spells of sunshine, temperatures generally somewhere between about 17 to 21 degrees. bye— bye. hello. this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines. the us president says another attack in afghanistant is imminent. joe biden says it's likely to happen in the next 2a to 36 hours. the warning comes after the us military says a strike by one of its drones has resulted in the deaths of �*two high profile' targets, following thursday's attackat kabul airport which killed as many as 170 people. the british government says the country's twenty—year military mission in afghanistan has ended, with the departure of britain's last evacuation flight. almost all remaining british troops and officials have now left. tens of thousands flee for safety in the us as hurricane ida intensifies as it approaches louisiana. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with

continuing into an north—west england and may be the north—east little, frequent showers pushing east across scotland but on either side of the cloud and rain there should be breaks to allow some sunshine, the best i crossed east anglia and south—east england with the highest temperatures. more likely high teens with the cloud and rain. the cloud and rain continuing north and east overnight, fizzling with patchy rain across the northeast, showers confined to northern scotland, clouding over later across the south—west with patchy rain, mild for many but could touch a single figures across the far north of england into scotland. tomorrow the frontal system, slow—moving and bringing more cloud but tied and will be patchy rain, initially across parts of wales and south—west england but also northern england and northern ireland, frequent travels across northern scotland but elsewhere mainly dry in scotland but elsewhere mainly dry in scotland and when we have had the cloud through the morning at should defend and break across the uk to bring spells of sunshine away from the cloud

in farah in the north—west, which also fell on monday, there's been heavy fighting, but in other cities, the government has withdrawn. the red cross has warned the fighting parties to restrain themselves, amid reports thousands of civilians have been killed or wounded in fighting. caroline hawley has the story. the aftermath of the battle for kunduz, the northern city captured by the taliban on sunday, the terrifying cost of urban warfare. the un and other aid agencies are now growing increasingly alarmed at the mounting toll it's taking. civilians have fled the taliban advances in their tens of thousands. many have reached the relative safety of the capital kabul. translation: those who have been displaced are in a very bad _ and frustrating situation, but those in the government have not sent a representative here to help. there's little comfort for them here, but they've left far worse behind. people are living in fear and dread. women are already being killed and shot for breaching rules that have been imposed on what they can wear and on where they can move without a male escort. i

through this evening and tonight, many places will be dry, with wind across the north and west of the uk and further showers or longer spells of rain, some of which will be quite heavy. furthersouth of rain, some of which will be quite heavy. further south variable tiled but lengthy clear spells. a breezy night for all, gusts of wind. double figures for all and a milder night to come across the north of the uk compared to the previous night. we still have this weather front across southern areas which will bring patchy cloud but will tend to fizzle out and for much of england and wales, friday looked decent with good spells of sunshine. some sunny spells in between but showers could be heavy and thundery, particularly for western scotland. temperatures high teens in the north but we could make the mid 20s in the warmer spots across the south. the weekend looks pretty mixed, it looks like we will have a low pressure edging in from the north—west and that will spoil things a little bit, introducing more cloud, and we could see rain at times. here it is slowly moving on from the west.

as this area of high pressure just backs a little bit more towards the north—west of us, allowing more of us to feel that east or north—easterly breeze going through monday and into the week ahead. it may be a bank holiday where you are, there will be a lot of cloud around on monday, so only limited sunny spells. you will notice by then the temperatures have come down a few degrees, and just towards the south—west of the uk we will see most of the sunshine breaking into the 20s. so, it'll feel cooler next week. there will be a lot of cloud around. just occasional sunny spells coming through, and it is still dry it with that high pressure in control as we get into september. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the taliban say they've moved in to kabul airport and are ready to take control as soon as american forces leave. it's thought us and uk troops could end their operations within hours. this door is closing and closing loudly, but other windows are going to open. but will they be open enough? the us warns of another possible at

but the showers continue to be an issue further north and west. this is bbc world news. the headlines: afghan officials say the taliban have captured their first provincial capital since 2016, zaranj in nimruz province. in another development, the militant group assassinated a close associate of the president in the capital kabul. greece is bracing for a new wave of wildfires, as strong winds whip up the flames which are thought to have been brought under control. an extreme fire warning has been issued as the flames engulf the outskirts of athens. china has reacted angrily to president biden�*s announcement that hong kong residents currently in the us will be granted temporary safe haven. it described the decision as a gross interference in china's internal affairs. it's the last few days at the tokyo 0lympics. among the event, italy won the men's four by 100 metres relay in a very close finish with britain,

well, let's get more this qual, hider, who's lived with us, from the shower in the north west of the country. and despite polio being one major issue, millions of children do to receive those drops across the country. engage to be brit dive. granted 3600000 children and 68 districts across the country. 179000 polio luck, urge tens of thousands of police men. and they said that campaigned richards broad weight rate, because then the boss dollars or dozens of police men and 4 year work they've been targeted mostly by that that he gets all of on budget on budget is some good news because the reported case only one and for the same period last year, there were $66.00 gated code at george that did the god improvement the government and determined to wipe out polio. but i've got that senior jalyn did not to mention the risk of our tag. and the fact that the situation and i've run it on adults so quite unstable, which means that a lot of people that may move across the board, what complicate issues, but that governments indeed confident that in a position to control and perhaps will be able

a north—west, gusts could be up to 30 ora0 mph. afairly north—west, gusts could be up to 30 or a0 mph. a fairly mild north—west, gusts could be up to 30 ora0 mph. afairly mild night north—west, gusts could be up to 30 or a0 mph. a fairly mild night to come and a mound or night across the north of the uk than what we had previous nights. for friday we have low pressure to the north of the uk, higher pressure for the south so it does mean we will see a north—south divide through the day. a breezy day across the board but a windy day for scotland where we will have showers piling into western areas, the best of the sunshine to the east. for northern ireland but certainly for england and wales a dry and bright day with sunny spells around, brighter in the south compared to thursday with temperatures responding to 23 or 2a celsius. for the weekend it looks fairly mixed with an area of low pressure working in from the atlantic. it doesn't look like it will get very far eastwards and also it will weekend through the weekend. there

hurricane, tracking north—west of new orleans with winds at 115mph. in washington, president biden received a briefing on ida at the federal emergency management agency, or fema. he made an appeal to people in the region. i want to emphasise again this is going to be a devastating, a devastating hurricane, a life—threatening storm. so please, all you folks in mississippi and louisiana, and god knows, maybe even further east, take precautions. listen, take it seriously. really very seriously. fema is sending 2,000 emergency workers to assist local authorities. for now, though, residents are on their own for the duration of the storm. nada tawfik, bbc news, new orleans. now it's time for a look at the weather with. .. phil avery has got that for us this afternoon. hello, there is no great rush to change the overall themes of our weather over the next few days and certainly for the next few days and certainly for the rest of today are pretty much what you see through the window is what you see through the window is what you see through the window is wh

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it's been pretty unsettled across the north and certainly the north—west of europe for the last few weeks now and we've had temperatures around or below the seasonal average and in fact if we look at the temperature anomalies across the european continent, this huge contrast in temperatures below average to well above average across the mediterranean. in fact, this stifling heatwave has brought all sorts of problems — from greece, the balkans, across to central—southern italy, malta, north africa, and now into iberia. in fact for friday into the weekend, that heat wave will shift in towards iberia. we could be looking at temperatures close to the national record of spain for the weekend. so, this is certainly one to watch. meanwhile further north, it stays pretty unsettled for friday. we've got this area of low pressure moving to the north of the uk. that's going to bring windier conditions for scotland, northern ireland, plenty of showers — particularly western scotland. some of these will be heavy. i think for england and wales though, closer to an area of high pressure to the nea

we've got high pressure still sitting out to the north or north—west, so it is looking dry. there will be spells of sunshine, temperatures generally somewhere between about 17 to 21 degrees. bye— bye. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. another deadly attack at kabul airport is "highly likely" in the next 2a to 66 hours, warns america's president. downing street says the uk's evacuation from afghanistan has ended tonight, bringing a close to 20 years of british military operations in the country. tens of thousands flee for safety in the us as hurricane ida intensifies as it approaches louisiana. members of the scottish greens have backed a deal that could see its leaders in government for the first time in britain. and in cape town, from the townships to the tango, how ballroom dancing has captured the imagination of some residents in one of south africa's toughest neighborhoods.

as this area of high pressure just backs a little bit more towards the north—west of us, allowing more of us to feel that east or north—easterly breeze going through monday and into the week ahead. it may be a bank holiday where you are, there will be a lot of cloud around on monday, so only limited sunny spells. so you'll notice by then the temperatures have come down a few degrees. just towards the south—west of the uk, where we'll see most of the sunshine, breaking into the 20s. so, it will feel cooler next week. there will be a lot of cloud around, just occasional sunny spells coming through. and it's still dry, with that high pressure in control as we get into september. this is bbc news. i'm rich preston. our top stories: the taliban say they're ready to take control of kabul airport as soon as american forces leave. it's thought us & uk troops could end their operations there within hours. the door is closing — and closing loudly, but other windows are going to open. but will they be open enough? the us embassy renews its advice against travelling to kabul airport as the d

scotland, north—west england, northern ireland, north—west wales, you will some sunshine. for the rest of the uk, occasionally the breeze will break up the cloud, and a glimmer of two of sunshine will be visible. the emphasis on mcleod here and there again with some late patchy rain or drizzle. 15 to about 16, 17 celsius down the north sea coastline. 20 in glasgow. as we head on in towards the end of the week, high pressure still dominating our weather, but it starts to drift across us, and eventually it will push over towards the east, so that'll have a change the east, so that'll have a change the weather. thursday and friday in the weather. thursday and friday in the east, more of the same, that is the east, more of the same, that is the same in the west, but we could see some rain later in the weekend. the headlines are next. good morning. welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson and louise minchin. our headlines today: british troops from kabul [and back on uk soil as the government seeks international support to ensure the taliban allow people to leave afghanistan. roc

it'll build fewer showers as we go through the day, particularly to the north—west of the great glen. so, a better chance of seeing some drier weather through much of eastern scotland and northern ireland. highs further south of 22. that's 72 fahrenheit. that wishy—washy theme is going to continue into the weekend. still got that low slowly drifting off into scandinavia. another weather front potentially will bring some outbreaks of rain, but the position of this rain is going to be subject to question. so, you'll need to keep abreast of the forecast for saturday. it may welljust be that little bit further north or south. at the moment, current thinking are is it goes through the north of wales into northern england. south of that, it stays dry and sunny. north of that, a few scattered showers and a little bit cooler. as we go into sunday and monday, the weather story may well quieten down, but the wind direction changes to more of a north—westerly. so, it willjust feel a little bit fresher despite the sunshine. take care. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in

and west of the uk. with this building area of high pressure, it means the further south and east you are across the country, the wind will fall later, there will be more sunshine around and we will see temperatures lifting a bit, close to the seasonal norm, whether further north and west you are, some sunshine around but a greater chance of seeing some showers as well. that is how it is looking. a bit of an improvement as we move into next week. this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. the us and britain warn their remaining citizens in afghanistan to leave as the taliban continue their advance, seizing a second provincial capital. hundreds are evacuated by ferry in greece, as firefighters continue to battle an unprecedented outbreak of wildfires. gold medal number 20 for team gb at the tokyo olympics — asjoe choong takes top spot, in the men's modern pentathlon. meanwhile, india gets its first ever athletics gold medal at the olympics. neeraj

in farah in the north—west, there's been heavy fighting , and in other cities government forces have withdrawn. thousands of civilians have fled their homes or been killed or wounded in the fighting. at least 42 people are known to have died in algeria following more than a hundred wildfires in the country. the most intense blazes have taken hold in forested mountains of the kabylie region, where twenty— five soldiers have been killed. the inquest into the death of a 20—year—old man, who attacked two people with a knife in south london last year, has been shown footage of the moment he was shot dead by undercover police officers. sudesh amman had been released from prison 10 days earlier after serving time for terrorism offences. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, reports. knife in hand, this was the moment when sudesh amman turned on two surveillance officers, who immediately shot him dead. he was outside boots on streatham high road in south london and had just stabbed two members of the public. just over half an hour earlier, he'd left his probation hospital. a

before patchy rain in the north—west later on. temperatures only 17 degrees in the central belt of scotland, 19 or 20 at best in southern england. this area is coming from the mid—atlantic, it is a long sea track which means more moisture being picked up and a lot of cloud driving early on tuesday. there could be patchy rain and drizzle to clear from england and wales in the morning leaving some stray showers, many places will be dry, not much sunshine and in the cloud temperatures will be struggling up to 18 or 19 degrees. it is a quiet week ahead, we expect a lot of cloud, dry for much of the time but it is not very warm for this time of year. this is bbc news, i'm yalda hakim with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. kabul residents attempt to leave afghanistan's capital as the taliban make rapid advances to the edge of the city. people have begun leaving the capital, which until now was a refuge for thousands of people from across the country. after the fall of jalalabad a few houres ago, kabul is

pretty much where we have been over the past few days, sunshine getting into northern ireland, the north—west of england and scotland, with some sunshine up to 20, or if you don't down to 14 degrees. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... the islamic state group has claimed responsibility for firing a spokesman from the foreign office as saying that due foreign secretary dominic raabjoined a meeting with us counterparts about the situation in afghanistan and emphasise the importance of like—minded people to discuss arrangements for those people who are still in afghanistan and have not been rescued so far. he said that tell of that for the nationals and citizens with travel authorisations will be allowed to leave the country but mr rab also underlined that we have to judge them on their actions on whether people are allowed to spend safe passage to league. —— to leave. that is the latest on the afghanistan situation. the headlines... the islamic state group has claimed responsibility for firing rockets at kabul airport, where the us evacuation operation is drawing to a close. the rock

further north and west, the winds will be light. and here, we'll have issues with some mist and fog, some sea fog affecting northern and western parts of scotland, perhaps into northern ireland as well. single figure values, you'll notice here, particularly in rural spots. double figures further south and east. so, for the weekend — and for many of us, it's a bank holiday weekend — it's going to be largely dry with our big blocking area of high pressure holding on. it will bring sunny spells. it's not going to be wall—to—wall sunshine, but where you get the sunshine, it'll be quite warm. on saturday, our area of high pressure will be with us. into sunday, the centre of it towards the north west corner. there will be quite a few showers over the near continent. there's just an outside threat that one or two of these could graze the very far southeast of england through the day, but i think most places will stay dry. here, again, quite breezy, a bit of cloud. further north and west, largely dry with plenty of sunshine and ligh

there will be some areas of cloud in north—west scotland, some patches of cloud in eastern scotland, and in england, though a lot of this will start to break up to allow some some time to come through, increasingly so in the afternoon. 0n the breeze, it is quite stiff in east anglia and south—west england. a stray shower cannot be ruled out, and the breeze pushing in the north sea coast will keep temperatures right along the coast close to 16, 17 degrees. but for many, it's low 20s, and up to 23 in glasgow, so very pleasantly warm in some of that sunshine. it'll stay dry through saturday night, but notice how the cloud is increasing into scotland, north—east england, and into northern ireland. here, temperatures will be hotting up compared with the night before. as we start sunday, there will be more cloud across scotland, northern ireland, north—east england, pushing in across more of eastern england during the day. the lion's share of sunday's sunny spells will be in wales, parts of the midlands and southern england. this is where the temperatures will be highest. elsewhere,

things are turning cooler from the north—west. so, through sunday and into monday we have this north—westerly wind starting to develop, so that pushes cooler air across the uk, keeping those high temperatures further south into spain. into monday for the uk, it's not a bad day, a lot of places largely dry, just one or two showers, a lot of cloud feeding in on the north—west breeze. eastern areas getting the best of the sunshine but temperatures around 15—20 degrees. if you have plans for the week ahead, a lot of dry, settled weather. one or two isolated showers at times. quite a bit of cloud in general and temperatures a little bit cool for the time of year. bye— bye. good afternoon. the independent police watchdog is investigating why the man who shot dead five people in plymouth, before turning the gun on himself, was given back his weapon and permit after it had been confiscated. jake davison had both his shotgun and permit removed in december,

there will be some areas of cloud in north—west scotland, some patches of cloud in eastern scotland and in england, though a lot of this will start to break up to allow some sunshine to come through, increasingly so in the afternoon. 0n the breeze, it's quite stiff in east anglia and south—east england. a stray shower can't be ruled out and the breeze pushing into north sea coasts will keep temperatures right along the coast close to16, 17 degrees. but for many, its low 20s, and up to 23 in glasgow, so very pleasantly warm in some of that sunshine. and it will stay dry through saturday night, but notice how the cloud is increasing into scotland, north—east england and into northern ireland. here, temperatures will be hotting up compared with the night before. so as we start sunday, there will be more cloud across scotland, northern ireland, north—east england, pushing in across more of eastern england during the day. the lion's share of sunday's sunny spells will be in wales, parts of the midlands and southern england, and this is where the temperatures will be highest. whereas el

the centre of the high pressure will drift towards the north—west of the uk. we will have more of the beast was the south—eastern showers over the near continent could get close enough just to push across the very far south—east on saturday so hear more of the peace, global to build up more of the peace, global to build up across central, southern and eastern areas and the afternoon. perhaps a bit of cloud for central and southern ireland but elsewhere wins will be lighter as well on top temperature is 22 degrees. similar story on sunday. variable amounts of cloud across eastern areas in the north north—east breeze just feeding the cloud into eastern areas where it will feel quite cool. the best of the sunshine will be from the south and west. this is bbc news. the headlines: as the election and deadline draws closer, several european countries have either finished flights or plan to finish flights from kabul airport in the next few hours. the security situation is obviously not improving, but we've got the overwhelming majority out. warnings of an immin

we keep those showers going across scotland, this cloud and rain moves northward into parts of the north—west and north—east england, but either side, the cloud should sing and break, so we see some spells of sunshine. the best of that in south east anglian and south—east england. temperatures of 23 or 24. with the cloud and the rain, the type which high teens. the cloud and rain will gradually disappear as we go through this evening, working its way northwards, but fading away. across north—east england, some showers confined to the north—east of scotland and pushing back into wales as well. it is once again another mild night. we still have this frontal system with us tomorrow, bringing more cloud than anything else, that we will still see some rain attached. some heavy showers across the far north of scotland. tomorrow morning, patchy rain for south—west england, into northern england and northern ireland in the afternoon. cloudy for most of us, but shifting and and breaking into the east, so when we see the sunshine, the highest temperatures there, but quite a cool day across th

as this area of high pressure just backs a little bit more towards the north—west of us, allowing more of us to feel that east or north—easterly breeze going through monday and into the week ahead. it may be a bank holiday where you are, there will be a lot of cloud around on monday, so only limited sunny spells. so you'll notice by then the temperatures have come down a few degrees. just towards the south—west of the uk, where we'll see most of the sunshine, breaking into the 20s. so, it will feel cooler next week. there will be a lot of cloud around, just occasional sunny spells coming through. and it's still dry, with that high pressure in control as we get into september. this is bbc news, the headlines: the us military has carried out a drone strike, killing a member of the islamic state group in afghanistan following thursday's deadly attack the militants at kabul airport was not a spokesman said the first indications are that no civilians were killed during the operation. the us embassy has appealed for its residents not to travel to the airport because of security concerns.