still quite breezy in scotland, and more rain in northern scotland, and more rain in northern scotland and tonight and that will sink down into western scotland. light and patchy rain by the end of the night. otherwise dry with largely clear skies. temperature is dipping away to eight or nine celsius in some rural areas. a milder start in scotland where we have got the breeze and more cloud, which will bring more rain and drizzle into western scotland, eastern areas, and drier and brighter. some sunshine and cloud for the far north of england and northern ireland, but more in the way of sunshine across the rest of england and wales. temperatures beginning to creep up. it could make 27 in the south—east of england and it should be quite warm in eastern parts of scotland. next week, the potential of some rain in the highlands and islands of scotland but otherwise dry. a lot of sunshine to come. inland temperatures, we continue to rise widely in the mid 20s across england and wales, low 20s across england and wales, low 20s across england and wales, low 20s across much of scotland and n

west of scotland, some further light rain or drizzle. that'll stop the temperatures rising a little bit. but elsewhere starting to lift up a touch. and a brighter, slightly warmer day across parts of the north and north—east of scotland. but it's the north and north—west of scotland for monday where we get to see more in the way of rain. a bit of patchy cloud clearing up for england and wales. most places dry, sunny, and with winds going in a south—westerly direction it will start to feel warmer more widely with temperatures into the 20s. maybe 27, 28, 29 degrees towards some southern counties of england. that slightly warmer air has been pushing in off the atlantic as we go into the start of next week. around an area of high pressure. high pressure sits with us, the air stagnates, dry on the ground, sunshine overhead. it starts to warm up day by day. certainly scotland, northern ireland, a little bit sunnier and warmer than the weekjust gone. the far north of england seeing those temperatures creep up into the mid if not high 20s.

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to primary school and scotland. she puts herself forward very much as the child of the union. she said scotland and england are notjust neighbours she said that scotland and england were like family. she said that if she were the ones to become prime minister she would be minister of the union. both of them say that scotland had been let down by the snp and scotland deserved better than the snp. obviously the snp disagree with that. rishi sunak has had is embarrassing, _ snp disagree with that. rishi sunak has had is embarrassing, that - snp disagree with that. rishi sunak has had is embarrassing, that he i has had is embarrassing, that he thought darlington was in scotland. liz truss has faced a bit of flack for those remarks about ignoring nicola sturgeon, some people saying if you ignore you are effectively handing the political debate to the first minister and she will seize that territory in the absence of an account of enlargement. did she at all address that criticism of her remarks of her rather contemptuous

scotland seeing sunshine and eastern scotland seeing sunshine and warmer than yesterday. you will get more sunshine in northern ireland saw a pleasant 20 degrees here. highertemperatures for here. higher temperatures for england here. highertemperatures for england and wales in the sunshine in the mid 205 and even making 28 in the mid 205 and even making 28 in the south—east of england and those temperatures will slip away to around 11 or 12 degrees overnight and out as it stays dry and clear in most places. there is another weather front approaching the far north of scotland with the highlands and islands seeing rain on monday and islands seeing rain on monday and elsewhere it is dry with plenty of sunshine and just a bit of fair weather cloud here and there. some sea breezes keeping coastal areas cooler but inland does temperatures continue to rise and close to 30 degrees perhaps in london on monday afternoon. does temperatures will continue to climb over the week ahead and we are likely to find a heat wave developing over many parts of england and wales. i was showin

cloud and sunshine across scotland. cloud and sunshine across northern ireland on the far north of england and lots of sunshine further south across england and wales once again. not even a sniff of rain and temperatures getting up as high as 27, maybe 28 degrees in the south—east of england. there is the area of high pressure, one where the front moves away overnight and another one heading towards the far north—west of scotland so the highlands and islands on monday are likely to see some rain. 0therwise likely to see some rain. otherwise it is dry, winds elsewhere will be light and they will be lots of strong sunshine. it is continuing to heat up and higher temperatures in scotland and northern ireland but the highest temperatures across england and wales, widely the mid 20s, up to 29 in the south—east of england. the weather fronts still flirting with the far north—west of scotland as we head into tuesday. here we have got some stronger winds in the north and north—west of scotland. a lot of the rain will

warm as well for scotland and northern ireland. don't forget, the nights will get much warmer as well. welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... the us senate approves joe biden�*s landmark bill to fight climate change, channeling billions of dollars towards ambitious clean energy goals. the world will be a better place for my grandchildren because of what we did today, and that makes me feel very, very good. very, very good. a ceasefire comes into effect between israel and the palestinian militant group, islamichhad, but there are already reports of continued fighting. the fight for life in afghanistan — one year since the taliban takeover, we see how the country's maternity services are at breaking point.

effectively in scotland we are on the verge in scotland's other national bin strike. the? are on the verge in scotland's other national bin strike.— national bin strike. they said they want more _ national bin strike. they said they want more decent _ national bin strike. they said they want more decent -- _ national bin strike. they said they want more decent -- details - national bin strike. they said they want more decent -- details from national bin strike. they said they - want more decent -- details from the want more decent —— details from the councils. do we not know what the other councils are offering refuse collectors?— collectors? basically, 'ust the headhne collectors? basically, 'ust the headline numbers. h collectors? basically, just the headline numbers. this - collectors? basically, just the headline numbers. this is- collectors? basically, just the headline numbers. this is not collectors? basically, just the - headline numbers. this is not our pay offer to refuse collectors in particular, this is about all council workers in scotland. there was a

coolest of all, though, in the far north of scotland. by the start of the weekend, probably a better chance of some sunshine in the far north of scotland, but a better chance of some low cloud continuing, eastern coast of scotland, northeast england, limiting the temperatures in aberdeen a little bit. 26 inland, 27 to northern ireland, again, 36 or 37 in some parts of southern england. that warmth and heat continues into sunday, but a slot of something changing. a bit more cloud, the chance of a few storms around later on sunday into monday, bringing a drop in temperature. but even though those storms may occur into next week, they'll be fairly sporadic, many places probably staying largely dry. and, of course, we need a good deal more rain. a bit more cloud, the chance of a few storms around later on sunday into monday, bringing a drop in temperature. but even though those storms may occur into next week, they'll be fairly sporadic, many places probably staying largely dry. and, of course, we need a good deal more rain. welcome to bbc n

not particularly warm, though, in scotland and northern ireland, where it's quite breezy in scotland, and we're still seeing some cloud and some rain in the north of the country. 0vernight, we'll see some of that rain trickling down into western scotland, very light and patchy. elsewhere, though, we've got clear skies, dry weather, temperatures in rural areas, perhaps 8—9 degrees, but it's going to be milder underneath that cloudy, breezy weather in scotland. and we've still got some patchy light rain to come in western scotland tomorrow, drier and brighterfor the east of the country. some cloud across northern ireland and the far north of england, but some sunshine, too, much more sunshine, again, across the rest of england and wales. and in light winds, it's going to feel very warm. temperatures getting up to 26, maybe even 27 degrees, maybe up a degree or so in scotland and northern ireland. reasonably warm in eastern parts of scotland. start of the week sees, again, the potentialfor some more rain in the highlands and islands. but elsewhere it's dry, the winds will be light, and

scotland rejects the idea. four so—called community partnerships have already been set up in cumbria and lincolnshire. this is a beautiful area... 0ver there, you have got morecambe bay to one side and the irish sea to the other. but opponents say the entire strategy is flawed. we have to look after this stuff into the foreseeable future. and that knowledge has to be passed on to future generations. they have to look after the stuff as well. and by putting it out of sight, out of mind, you are absolutely denying future generations the ability to save themselves from leaking nuclear waste. amid a growing energy crisis and with pressure to cut carbon emissions mounting as well, the government is committed to a new generation of nuclear power stations like this one at hinkley point in somerset and another due to be built in sizewell in suffolk. but that will mean creating even more dangerous waste, only adding to the pressure to find a permanent solution. as the energy crisis in europe intensifies, leaders from

scotland had three olden boxing title. scotland had three golden moments _ boxing title. scotland had three golden moments in _ boxing title. scotland had three golden moments in the - boxing title. scotland had three golden moments in the ring. i boxing title. scotland had three . golden moments in the ring. there was delight for delicious orie, england's new super champion. in the para table tennis, joshua stacey claimed gold for wales with a 3—2 victory against his australian opponent. and england have their first—ever commonwealth beach volleyball medal. first-ever commonwealth beach volleyball medal.— first-ever commonwealth beach volleyball medal. he's done it! what a block. twins _ volleyball medal. he's done it! what a block. twins javier _ volleyball medal. he's done it! what a block. twins javier bello _ volleyball medal. he's done it! what a block. twins javier bello and - a block. twins javier bello and joaauin a block. twins javier bello and joaquin belle _ a block. twins javier bello and joaquin bello took _ a block. twins javier bello and joaquin bell

more cloud for scotland and northern ireland, probably eastern scotland not faring to badly with the sunshine. but there'll be some splashes of rain around, particularly western scotland where it'll stay quite breezy. high teens here, low—20s in eastern scotland, and up to around 28 celsius across the southeast of england. little change as we head through sunday night — it stays rather cloudy, quite breezy across the northwest of the country, some splashes of rain in towards the western isles. further south, lengthy, clearskies, light winds, temperatures falling down to around 10—15 celsius, so even the night—time temperatures are beginning to creep up, as well. monday, then, we start the new working week off with a lot of sunshine across the board, more for southern and eastern scotland and northern ireland with the windier, cloudy, wet conditions reserved for the northwest of scotland. so again, mid—to—high teens here, low—20s where it's sunnier in scotland and northern ireland, up to around 29 celsius in the warmest spots across southeast england, but generally the m

scotland 8—6 top. you can watch that on the bbc iplayer. in the lawn bowls, england are guaranteed at least silver after reaching the final of women's triples. that's after amy phaorah and sophie tolchard reached the final of women's pairs, breezing through their group with a 100% record with this win over india. i wake from the commonwealth games, just hours before the start of the new season chelsea have signed mark correa from brighton deal worth more than £60 million. it is the record sale for brighton. —— marc cucurella. so much happening at the commonwealth games, i'll keep you updated across the afternoon but for now back to you, jane. russia says it's prepared to discuss an exchange of prisoners with the united states, a day after a russian court sentenced the basketball star brittney griner to nine years in prison on drugs charges. the russian foreign minister, sergei lavrov, said a possible prisoner swap should be discussed on a presidential level. griner was convicted of possessing and smuggling drugs. azadeh moshiri reports

maybe it'll turn 20, 21 and the west of scotland. and then through into thursday night and friday, we start to see a few changes out in the west. and friday, we start to see a few those two areas of low pressure getting closer by. it does mean that we'll start to have a bit more of a south—easterly wind that should bring some warmer air across the country. a few showers breaking out in the west in particular, but most significant rain arriving in towards ireland late in the day. temperatures, by and large, more widely in the low to mid 20s. and then as we head into the weekend, our area of low pressure starts to become more of a feature, strong winds on the northern edge of it. so, after a week of fairly quiet winds across scotland, northern ireland, northern england, the breeze will pick up here and we'll see some outbreaks of rain, heavy and thundery in places, fairly showery, so fairly hit and miss to begin with, more likely across some western areas, eastern areas staying largely dry, breeze off the sea and a strong winds are s

just rule out another independence west end of scotland. all they can simply trying to gain move votes from scottish toys. well, no, i think this is a sincere move from the practice government when we look back to 2012, when the paper was published, giving scotland the, the democratic right to hold an independence referendum in 2014. this was done when support for independence in scotland were below 23 percent. the van prime minister david cameron's understanding was that this was already a dead dock. when the independence referendum took place, we passed the 50 percent mark falling only after breakfast to 45 percent losing the referendum. and they think that that's the change in scotland highs and guaranteed that an old bes, demographic, demographic shifts, change back, which i don't the will at this stage that scotland will simply be denied democracy from michael, academic and independent journal. many thanks for joining us on. the program is good to hear and came and thank you for joining us, our nazi international. we're back in 30 minu

west of scotland, some further light rain or drizzle. that'll stop the temperatures rising a little bit. but elsewhere starting to lift up a touch. and a brighter, slightly warmer day across parts of the north and north—east of scotland.

they edged out scotland 12—10 in an enthralling contest. the event at smithfield market has really drawn in the crowds this week, and it's produced a pulsating atmosphere. and one of the most exciting additions to these commonwealth games. let's take a closer look at that venue. the basketball and volleyball events both taking place at smithfield market, a pop up venue in the city centre. the courts have been built on one of the most historic sites in birmingham, and asjoe lynskey now reports as part of our legacy series, the games are notjust about these 11 days — but they are part of a bigger plan for the future. this week, take a left from the bullring and you get to the beach, birmingham's volleyball venues at smithfield market. and there's basketball here too. it's not the gold coast, but this place has its own history. archive: the bullring has been birmingham's shopping centre | for a thousand years. the temporary venues are built on birmingham's old market. now spectators will watch from what was recently the fruit stands. this si

much milder in scotland where there is all that cloud. still cloud around tomorrow in scotland. light and patchy rain and western scotland. should see some sunshine in northern ireland and england. plenty of sunshine. it will continue to warm up sunshine. it will continue to warm up a bit as well. temperatures might be a little bit higher in scotland compared with today. warming up too widely the low to mid 20s across england and. hotter weather on the way for next week. hello, this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughanjones and these are the headlines... israel carries out air strikes on gaza. palestinian militants fire rockets in return. it's the worst escalation of violence there in more than a year. explosions are heard in gaza this morning after israel's military says its operation against a palestinian group could last for days. 'broken and devasted' — the british parents of 12—year—old archie battersbee say all legal routes to try and keep their son alive have been exhausted. they're preparing for his life support to be withdrawn. a bus carrying passengers to a roman catho

in the last few minutes, scotland's laura muir has won 1500 metres gold. muir ran clear of northern ireland's ciara mageean who finished second, and jemma reekie of scotland who took the bronze mendal. it's scotland's 12th gold medal of the games — the same amount they won in melbourne in 2006. but a fantastic run from laura muir. she has wanted this for a long time and adds to her 800 metre bronze medal that she won a few days ago. the england women's hockey team took gold after beating australia in the final. there was also a thrilling gold for the england men's 4x 100 metre relay, plus a first ever medal in the beach volleyball with the bello twins winning bronze. jo currie has a round—up of the action so far. four years ago it was england's netballers who stole the show at the commonwealth games on the gold coast. today it was the turn of the women's hockey team to light up birmingham. the team's first ever commonwealth gold medal came after a 2—0 win over australia. goals from holly hunt and tess howard securing the victory and a place in histor

is one the gold and from _ ages, scotland is one the gold and from all— ages, scotland is one the gold and from all corners of the commonwealth. above all, perhaps, burning _ commonwealth. above all, perhaps, burning seemed to encapsulate the fun and _ burning seemed to encapsulate the fun and enjoyment that sports can provide _ fun and enjoyment that sports can provide and an event striving to remain relevant may have just been given— remain relevant may have just been given fresh— remain relevant may have just been given fresh meaning. watford and west brom played out a 1—1 draw at the hawthorns in championship tonight but the main talk of the match was centred around a moment of magic from the visitors. watford's ismaila sarr with an absolute stunner from the halfway line having spotted david button off his line. karlen grant equalised before half—time for west brom. sarr then going from hero to zero as he missed a penalty after the break meaning the points were shared. eoin morgan and the london spirit made it two wins from two in cricket's the hundred with a dominant 52—

the patchy light rain that was seen in western scotland clearing away. and later in the night we'll see a little rain arriving in the far north west of the country. ahead of that temperatures could be as low as 11—12 celsius tonight. there are some much warmer nights to come over the week ahead. this is how we start the new week, with some rain and cloud and stronger breeze, this time again in the northwest of scotland, highlands and islands. away from here, just some fair weather cloud, lots of sunshine, light winds, a little bit cooler, perhaps around coastal areas, thanks to some sea breezes. but inland temperatures are continuing to climb, getting close to 30 celsius already on monday in the london area. and across england and wales in particular, temperatures are set to soar over the week ahead with heatwave conditions on the way. and by friday in southern england, temperatures could be reaching 36 celsius. hello, this is bbc news, i'm chris rogers. the headlines... the conflict between israel and palestinian militants continues, despite reports t

coolest of all, though, in the far north of scotland. by the start of the weekend, probably a better chance of some sunshine in the far north of scotland, but a better chance of some low cloud continuing, eastern coast of scotland, northeast england, limiting the temperatures in aberdeen a little bit. 26 inland, 27 to northern ireland, again, 36 or 37 in some parts of southern england. that warmth and heat continues into sunday, but a slot of something changing. a bit more cloud, the chance of a few storms around later on sunday into monday, bringing a drop in temperature. but even though those storms may occur into next week, they'll be fairly sporadic, many places probably staying largely dry. and, of course, we need a good deal more rain. welcome to bbc news. i'm rich preston. our top stories: donald trump refuses to answer questions under oath as part of an investigation into his business activities in new york. he called it a witch—hunt. dozens of people are missing after a boat, laden with migrants, sinks off the greek coast. a s

more cloud for scotland, northern ireland, probably eastern scotland not fairing to badly with the sunshine. too badly with the sunshine. but there'll be some splashes of rain around, particularly western scotland, where it'll stay quite breezy. high teens here, low—20s in eastern scotland and up to around 28 celsius across the southeast of england. little change as we head through sunday night — it stays rather cloudy, quite breezy across the northwest of the country, some splashes of rain in towards the western isles. further south, lengthy, clearskies, light winds, temperatures falling down to around 10—15 celsius, so even the night—time temperatures are beginning to creep up, as well. to creep up as well. monday, then, we start the new working week off with a lot of sunshine across the board, more for southern and eastern scotland and northern ireland with the windier, cloudy, wet conditions reserved for the northwest of scotland. so, again, mid—to—high teens here, low 20s where it's sunnier in scotland and northern ireland, up to around 29 celsius in the warmest spots acros

warm as well for scotland and northern ireland. don't forget, the nights will get much warmer as well. welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: the us senate approves joe biden�*s landmark bill to fight climate change, channeling billions of dollars towards ambitious clean energy goals. the world will be a better place for my grandchildren because of what we did today and that makes me feel very, very good. a ceasefire comes into effect between israel and the palestinian militant group, islamichhad, but there are already reports of continued fighting. the fight for life in afghanistan — one year since the taliban takeover, we see how the country's maternity services are at breaking point. this week we'll have a series of reports looking at life in afghanistan.

more likely, though, across parts of western scotland and northern ireland through the afternoon. the breeze picking up across northern scotland, compared what we've seen through recent days, but a warm and humid one in the sunny spells, even though there's a bit more cloud — temperatures 20—25. biggest changes will come this weekend — could see a zone of showery, thundery rain from southwest scotland, northern ireland, through towards east anglia. dry to the north of it with some strong winds, clearer slots to the south of it with some sunshine at times, but more in the way of heavy, thundery rain out in the west later. and the winds will be a feature on saturday to the west of the country, and more especially in the north — northwest scotland could see winds touch gale force at times. here, temperatures for saturday nice enough when the sun shines out — going to feel cooler, though, and the wind and where you have the rain. and, as i said, potential for more rain to come not just through sunday, but into monday, and any of these areas of low pressure that spin up, whil

a little bit cooler where you have got the cloud across the far north of scotland, one or two showers for the northern isles. overnight, little bit of mist and low cloud just lifting into the far north of scotland and england, but clear skies elsewhere and overnight, temperatures 11—18, fairly uncomfortable for sleeping once again i'm afraid. through the day tomorrow, lots of sunshine again, some heavy showers from northern ireland and scotland, they could be thundery with some large hail but still dry in the south—east, hot, up to about 36 once again. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: the acclaimed author, sir salman rushdie, suffers serious injuries after being stabbed on stage in the state of new york. his agent says he's on a ventilator and is likely to lose an eye. the environment agency has warned that the drought declared in many parts of england could last into next year. it says that after the driest summer for 50 years, it will take weeks of rain to replenish water sources. and train drivers from nine rail companies are on strike across the uk today. it's the latest

the northerly winds continue on tuesday for northern ireland and scotland. some more persistent perhaps thundery rain for parts of scotland and northern england. and further south across england and wales, later on tuesday, more of a chance of some fairly heavy showers and thunderstorms. temperatures starting to come down below 30 degrees, mid to high 20s in the south and east. typically high teens across the north west. things feeling cooler and fresher. middle of the week, low pressure not far away, so, hopefully, a bit more rain towards the south. but it could be heavy and potential for localised flooding. then it looks like things turn a little bit drier, particularly in the south, later in the week. bye— bye. this is bbc news with the latest headlines. a group of charities and community organisations has called the rises in energy bills a "national emergency," as labour is to call for the energy price cap to be frozen in october. but the energy minister say their plan won't work. i think we have to be a little bit careful in some of these — labour's

one or two spots of rain but otherwise dry, more sunshine in eastern scotland, more sunshine coming through over the next few hours in northern ireland, lifting temperatures to 20 degrees. high temperatures to 20 degrees. high temperatures across england and wales, possibly reaching 28, so hot today than yesterday. overnight, we keep clearer skies for many parts of the country, more rain arriving in the country, more rain arriving in the far north—west of scotland but otherwise temperatures ahead of that down to ii or 12 degrees. moving into monday, and there is some rain but again it's then the far north—west of scotland, that is where all the rain has been over the past month or so and ahead of that dry, nothing more than fair weather cloud, sunshine to come, light ones as well in the sunshine, it continues to heat up so we are looking at temperatures rising close to 30 degrees across the south—east of england on monday afternoon. hello, this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley, and these are the headlines... air raid sirens sound injerusalem for the first time since the start of las

not a bank holiday weekend in scotland, of course. temperatures dropping to ten to m degrees celsius across england and wales underneath largely clear skies. do watch out for a few early mist patches forming here. and then on sunday, it's looking fairly similar to saturday. it should be mostly dry away from western—facing coasts across scotland. we could just see a few breaks in the cloud towards the south west of scotland. glasgow 22 degrees, a few breaks possible across northern ireland, but the lion's share of the sunshine again across england and wales. small chance of a shower and a northeasterly breeze. hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines... the government says middle—income earners will need more help to pay their energy bills, notjust the poorest. but ministers claim waiting until a new leader is in place is the best approach. police investigating the fatal shooting of nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel at her home in liverpool, have been released two men who where arrested on suspicion of her m

you showers in western scotland. most places will be dry. sunnis conditions on the western parts of england and wales. the weather to be found across southern counties of england and into south wales, 23 2a degrees. warming up across parts of scotland and north—east england into wednesday as the breeze eases down. there will be showers dotted around the pennines and western parts of scotland and temperatures much like what we will see on tuesday in the mid teens across eastern areas and into the mid 20s across the south. by into the mid 20s across the south. by the time we hit thursday the wind that has been blustery across southern counties eases and the sunshine is developing across the uk. most places dry, few if any showers. into the low 20s across western scotland by the stage and lighter winds across the south and temperatures will creep up a bit more, 25/26. as we head towards the end of the week on the weekend, low pressure across france and will give us a greater chance of seeing rain, especially across parts of the west of the uk

more cloud for scotland and northern ireland, probably eastern scotland not faring to badly with the sunshine. but there'll be some splashes of rain around, particularly western scotland where it'll stay quite breezy. high teens here, low—20s in eastern scotland, and up to around 28 celsius across the southeast of england. little change as we head through sunday night — it stays rather cloudy, quite breezy across the northwest of the country, some splashes of rain in towards the western isles. further south, lengthy, clearskies, light winds, temperatures falling down to around 10—15 celsius, so even the night—time temperatures are beginning to creep up, as well. monday, then, we start the new working week off with a lot of sunshine across the board, more for southern and eastern scotland and northern ireland with the windier, cloudy, wet conditions reserved for the northwest of scotland. so again, mid—to—high teens here, low—20s where it's sunnier in scotland and northern ireland, up to around 29 celsius in the warmest spots across southeast england, but generally the m

scotland's i3th mixed synchronised spring board. scotland's 13th goal and 15th metal overall. england, pitchford had to settle with india taking gold. wales team won bronze in the women's doubles. in the badminton final, england's lauren smith and larkins earned a mixed double silver. with them taking silver in the men's doubles as well. and jane perry and allison waterson one and the squash england's doubles, the men's doubles finals saw them overcome with emotions and one gold. now, after the huge success of the england women's hockey team wining gold yesterday, the pressure was on the men to deliver too! they were playing south africa in the bronze medal match, fortunately they beat them 6—3. jo currie was at the match. 24 2a on that incredible gold medal that the england women's hockey team got right here against australia and today, it was the turn of the men's metal matches and playing a terrific bronze medal at a nine gold thriller which ended 6—3, six of those goals came in the third quarter and scored twice in the second half and late penalty strokes sold the wind

scotland's — 1-2, wasn't it? it really was. scotland's laura _ 1-2, wasn't it? it really was. scotland's laura muir, - 1-2, wasn't it? it really was. scotland's laura muir, the i 1-2, wasn't it? it really was. - scotland's laura muir, the most high—profile athlete here in action, fresh from winning bronze at the championships a fortnight ago, she did nothing more than she had to, she knew she had to get into the top five to get an automatic spot into the final and she came fifth. behind england because katie snowden, laura muir is feeling good and also in the 800 metre final tomorrow. as you say, all for home nations will be represented in sunday's final because england's katie snowden made it through, and northern ireland's cara mcgee, and the fastest losers spots went to wales and scotland's gemma ricci. ispoke spots went to wales and scotland's gemma ricci. i spoke to her after the race and she said she hadn't made it easy for her, but she's had to be patient after overcoming glandularfever to be patient after overcoming glandular fever earlier this year, she hopes to get

more cloud for scotland and northern ireland, probably eastern scotland not faring to badly with the sunshine. but there'll be some splashes of rain around, particularly western scotland where it'll stay quite breezy. high teens here, low—20s in eastern scotland, and up to around 28 celsius across the southeast of england. little change as we head through sunday night — it stays rather cloudy, quite breezy across the northwest of the country, some splashes of rain in towards the western isles. further south, lengthy, clearskies, light winds, temperatures falling down to around 10—15 celsius, so even the night—time temperatures are beginning to creep up, as well. monday, then, we start the new working week off with a lot of sunshine across the board, more for southern and eastern scotland and northern ireland with the windier, cloudy, wet conditions reserved for the northwest of scotland. so again, mid—to—high teens here, low—20s where it's sunnier in scotland and northern ireland, up to around 29 celsius in the warmest spots across southeast england, but generally the m

warm as well for scotland and northern ireland. don't forget, the nights will get much warmer as well. this is bbc news. the headlines the us senate has approved a landmark bill to fight climate change. the $430 billion bill will fund a range of measures to steer the us economy away from fossil fuels, with initiatives to boost electric car ownership and the use of solar energy. colombia's new left—wing president, gustavo petro, has called for a fresh international strategy to deal with global drug trafficking. in his inaugural speech, mr petro said that the current policy had led to the deaths of at least a million people across latin america. president biden has welcomed the announcement of a ceasefire agreement between israel and the palestinian militant group, islamichhad, which was brokered to end three days of hostilities.

breezy tomorrow in scotland, with western scotland seeing light rain or drizzle. drier and brighter the further east. some cloud and sunshine for northern ireland and the far north of england, and lots of sunshine across the rest of england and wales. it is continuing to heat up in the strong sunshine, so temperatures reaching the mid—20s in the south—east, up to 26 or 27 celsius. across england and wales many places will move into heatwave conditions by next week, and mid—30s by thursday in the south—east. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... the family of 12—year—old archie battersbee confirm he has died after his life support was withdrawn. conservative leadership contenders set out their approaches to dealing with the economic downturn forecast by the bank of england. the palestinian health ministry says 15 palestinians have been killed in the gaza strip — where the israeli military is targeting members of the palestinian group islamic jihad. a bus carrying passengers to a roman catholic pilgrimage has crashed in northern croatia — killing

eastern scotland perhaps getting some thundery showers. further north, tt�*s the more persistent rain for central and eastern scotland and for northern ireland. it's cooler here, but still, as you saw, 30 possible somewhere in eastern england. overnight monday into tuesday, showers pushing up from the south — could be heavy and thundery, particularly for southern counties of england, persistent rain sits across eastern scotland. it's certainly fresher for scotland and northern ireland, but still very warm and humid across much of england and wales as we start off on tuesday. through the day on tuesday, though, low pressure really does come to take hold across the uk. it's a messy weather picture. what does that mean? well, it means it's quite hard for us to pin down the exact details of where the rain will sit through the day. but basically, it's a chance of showers just about anywhere across england and wales, and they're likely to be thundery. for scotland and northern ireland, more cloud around and some outbreaks of rain and quite a

we're going to find a bit more cloud across scotland and some rain approaching the far north—west later tonight, but otherwise with clear skies and light winds temperatures will fall away to around 11 or 12 degrees. there are some much warmer nights to come later in the week as temperatures continue to climb. but it's a dry story for most of us again on monday, the rain again is in the highlands and islands where it's been for the past few weeks. elsewhere, dry. nothing more than some fair weather cloud. many places, blue skies, light winds. it will be a little bit cooler, probably, around some coastal areas with some sea breezes, but temperatures continuing to rise inland, getting close to 30 degrees in the london area on monday afternoon. temperatures will continue to climb through the rest of the week, particularly across england and wales. heatwave conditions developing in many places here, and by friday we could be hitting 36 degrees in the south. now on bbc news, india's wait for water. from the hot desert to the cold mountains and dry arid plains, only a fraction of the 200 milli

sunshine will develop and northern ireland, still some sunny spells in eastern scotland, but clouding over. temperatures rising relative to yesterday, but under the blue skies further south it is already starting to turn quite hot, 25 to 28 degrees seeing the afternoon out. it will turn fresher quite quickly, especially in the south and west under clear skies, and possible lose some of the rain and drizzle in western scotland it will turn sunny later. rural parts into single figures, particularly in the south—west of england, that bit more cloud tomorrow with cloud in yorkshire and lincolnshire which will break up. highest of all in the north—west of scotland, western isles, highlands, orkney and shetland, a strengthening wind, that even with that we will see temperatures climbing into the high teens. temperatures more widely into the 20s, approaching 30 celsius to the 20s, approaching 30 celsius to the south—east of england. what the rain eases off much the north of scotland, there will still be some spots around, strong to gale force winds expected here, but temperatures in th

west of scotland, some further light rain or drizzle. that'll stop the temperatures rising a little bit. but elsewhere starting to lift up a touch. and a brighter, slightly warmer day across parts of the north and north—east of scotland. but it's the north and north—west of scotland for monday where we get to see more in the way of rain. a bit of patchy cloud clearing up for england and wales. most places dry, sunny, and with winds going in a south—westerly direction it will start to feel warmer more widely with temperatures into the 20s. maybe 27, 28, 29 degrees towards some southern counties of england. that slightly warmer air has been pushing in off the atlantic as we go into the start of next week. around an area of high pressure. high pressure sits with us, the air stagnates, dry on the ground, sunshine overhead. it starts to warm up day by day. certainly scotland, northern ireland, a little bit sunnier and warmer than the weekjust gone. the far north of england seeing those temperatures creep up into the mid if not high 20s.

that would include scotland and wales as well. these are the kind of tasters they've given us today, so i think they will be questioned on that. we'll expand that later. we have heard from the snp today, saying both rishi sunak and liz truss are boosting independence with arrogant and out of touch policies. i think we will wait and hearfrom both of touch policies. i think we will wait and hear from both candidates this evening, and that will take place over the next couple hours. thank you very much, alexander mackenzie �*s. i know their protestant music, so well done. thanks so much for talking —— protesters and music. now let's talk about another big story here. the high court has been told that ministers who have backed sending asylumseekers to rwanda — were warned by their own independent adviser that the rwandan government tortures and kills political opponents. the warning, from a foreign office expert, came weeks before the government tried and failed to send asylumseekers to rwanda. migrants who were identified for

now you'll notice showers crossing parts of northern ireland, western scotland. remember i showed you that weather map where the rainfall is going to occur. so it's these areas here. it's because these north westerly winds or sometimes southwesterly winds tend to push in the showers to these areas here, whereas we get nothing in the southeast apart from the odd local shower, which may form during the afternoon. so as far as thursday's concerned, we've got these north westerly winds bringing showers to scotland, some to northern ireland, but many areas once again staying dry and temperatures on thursday around 25 in london, 17 for belfast and for glasgow. and here's a look at friday, very similar picture. high teens in the northwest of the uk with a few scattered showers, dry and warm for london, east anglia and generally many central parts of england. and with high pressure establishing itself across the uk during the weekend, the weather fronts will be kept at bay, so all the rain clouds will go to the north. so this is the forecast for the next few days, apart

the showers across northern ireland and scotland will continue overnight and scotland will continue overnight and will spread to northern england and will spread to northern england and wales as well. a comfortable night sleeper head. tomorrow, the weather is almost identical to today's weather. there will be some showers across scotland and northern ireland. most of england and wales will stay dry. the temperatures have not changed much either. that's the latest. this is bbc news. the headlines: the bank of england says inflation is likely to peak at 13% later this year. gdp growth in the uk has slowed and the economy is forecast to enter a recession later this year. and the bank of england today raised interest rates by 0.5% to 1.75%. some businesses voice concern at the change. it is crippling. interest rate rises are something that could really stop a small business like us. we'll be answering your questions on all of that and the cost of living crisis. the family of british 12—year—old archie battersbee seek legal permission to move their son to a hospice, after losing their fight to

they said whoever wins is a loss of scotland —— for scotland and the answer is independence. we will hear more from both candidates, here this evening. alexandra, thanks for that. and for a view of how the conservatives are perceived in scotland, and the state of the race for the tory leadership, let's speak to sirjohn curtice, who's professor of politics at the university of strathclyde. professor, good to see you again. i suppose it's fair to say scotland is not a happy hunting ground for uk conservatives. h0. not a happy hunting ground for uk conservatives.— conservatives. no, it's certainly not. conservatives. no, it's certainly not- those _ conservatives. no, it's certainly not. those of _ conservatives. no, it's certainly not. those of us _ conservatives. no, it's certainly not. those of us of— conservatives. no, it's certainly not. those of us of a _ conservatives. no, it's certainly not. those of us of a certain - conservatives. no, it's certainly| not. those of us of a certain age will remember the conservative party emerged, but the truth is things are better th

warm as well for scotland and northern ireland. don't forget, the nights will get much warmer as well. this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. russia's war on ukraine has turned culture into a battleground in countries supportive of ukraine's resistance to putin's invasion, some russian artists, musicians and dancers have been stripped of their platforms or they've been asked to denounce russia's military aggression. when does solidarity turn into censorship? my guest is the world renowned soviet—born conductor semyon bychkov.

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we're going to find a bit more cloud across scotland and some rain approaching the far north—west later tonight, but otherwise with clear skies and light winds temperatures will fall away to around 11 or 12 degrees. there are some much warmer nights to come later in the week as temperatures continue to climb. but it's a dry story for most of us again on monday, the rain again is in the highlands and islands where it's been for the past few weeks. elsewhere, dry. nothing more than some fair weather cloud. many places, blue skies, light winds. it will be a little bit cooler, probably, around some coastal areas with some sea breezes, but temperatures continuing to rise inland, getting close to 30 degrees in the london area on monday afternoon. temperatures will continue to climb through the rest of the week, particularly across england and wales. heatwave conditions developing in many places here, and by friday we could be hitting 36 degrees in the south. hello, this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley, and these are the headlines... after a weekend of heavy violence between israel and palestinian

scotland later. sunny spells in northern ireland and more cloud through northern england, north wales, the north midlands, but blue skies continuing the further south you are unpleasant in the sunshine. after a fresh start, temperatures of 20—25 in england and wales. temperatures a degree or so down where we normally are at this stage in august. a blustery 2a hours in northern scotland with more rain at times becoming more confined to the west of scotland later. more breeze, not as cool as last night. further south, the green colours in the chart for the midlands, wales and south—west meaning rural areas will be down well into single figures yet again. a fresh start to the south, more mild in the north but it will be a north—south split as far as the cloud amount is concerned. sunniest conditions in the south tomorrow, more cloud and less rain across scotland with brighter conditions developing. patch conditions mainly across the west and a few isolated showers in the north—east but a drier a