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..as his country once again came under missile attack from russia. translation: it's a very significant package that will be felt by our soldiers on the frontline as well as by our towns and villages that are suffering from russian terror. protesters in the canary islands complain that too much tourism is damaging the environment and pricing locals out of the housing market. and she may be a tortured poet but she's also a record—brea ker: taylor swift's new album hits big. welcome to the programme. ukraine's president zelensky says he's grateful to the us house of representatives for passing a $61 billion military aid package for ukraine after months of delays. the bill contains much—needed
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ammunition and air defences for kyiv. mr zelensky said thousands of lives would be saved and both ukraine and the united states would emerge stronger. the kremlin said the bill would cost more lives. nomia iqbal is in washington for us. over to you. after months of olitical over to you. after months of political divisions, _ over to you. after months of political divisions, of - over to you. after months of political divisions, of delaysl political divisions, of delays and dire warnings from president biden, from members of the democratic party as well as ukrainian officials, bill actually passed pretty comfortably through the house of representatives. the next step is, of course, the senate. it will be some internal fallout perhaps for the republican party but for ukraine, this is seen as a lifeline. ukraine, this is seen as a lifeline-— ukraine, this is seen as a lifeline. , ., lifeline. on this road, the age of 311 and _ lifeline. on this road, the age of 311 and the _ lifeline. on this road, the age of 311 and the needs - lifeline. on this road, the age of 311 and the needs of - lifeline. on this road, the age of 311 and the needs of 112 - lifeline. on this road, the age of 311 and the needs of 112 the bill is — of 311 and the needs of 112 the bill is passed.— of 311 and the needs of 112 the bill is passed. been a long time coming. after more than six months, bill further military aid for
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ukraine finally passed. translation: ukraine finally passed. tuna/mom- ukraine finally passed. translation: ., ., ., translation: today we have got the decision _ translation: today we have got the decision we _ translation: today we have got the decision we were _ translation: today we have got the decision we were waiting - the decision we were waiting for on the american support package. forwhich for on the american support package. for which we fought so hard. , ,~ ., hard. president zelensky, how is...? hard. president zelensky, how is. . . ? president _ hard. president zelensky, how is. . . ? president zelensky - hard. president zelensky, how is. . . ? president zelensky had | is. . . ? president zelensky had personally — is. . . ? president zelensky had personally met _ is. . . ? president zelensky had personally met with - is. . . ? president zelensky had personally met with us - personally met with us lawmakers to lobby for support. many in congress waived ukrainian plans during voting but there was still divisions with members of the democratic party can keep but others in the republican party not so much. �* , , , ., much. but this is the sellout of america _ much. but this is the sellout of america today. _ much. but this is the sellout of america today. and - much. but this is the sellout of america today. and we i much. but this is the sellout i of america today. and we have members of congress in there waving the ukrainian flag on the united states house of representatives floor, while we're doing nothing to secure our borders? i think every american in this country should be furious. but american in this country should be furiou— be furious. but the house speaker _ be furious. but the house speaker republican - be furious. but the house speaker republican mike | be furious. but the house - speaker republican mike johnson speaker republican mike johnson felt speaker republican mikejohnson felt differently, essentially putting hisjob on felt differently, essentially putting his job on the line to get the bill approved. it’s putting his job on the line to get the bill approved. it's an old military _ get the bill approved. it's an old military adage _ get the bill approved. it's an old military adage but - get the bill approved. it's an old military adage but we i get the bill approved. it's an . old military adage but we would rather send bullets to the conflict overseas than our own
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boys, our troops, and i conflict overseas than our own boys, ourtroops, and i think this is an important moment and important opportunity to make that decision.— that decision. ukraine says it desperately _ that decision. ukraine says it desperately needs _ that decision. ukraine says it desperately needs help - that decision. ukraine says it desperately needs help to i that decision. ukraine says it i desperately needs help to push back russian troops. the us has already before is already the largest provider of humanitarian aid to ukraine, $74 billion in the first two years of the war and new bill divides more than 60 billion, including money to replenish stocks. most 14 billion will be used by advanced weapons and defence articles. the passing of this bill is a major ipatas in moment, something you just don't often see in washington. the next step is for it to get through the senate next week, which would be too difficult because it's democratic control. president biden will then into law.— control. president biden will then into law. the house will be in order. _ then into law. the house will be in order. russia _ then into law. the house will be in order. russia has i be in order. russia has described _ be in order. russia has described this - be in order. russia has described this as i be in order. russia hasj described this as direct support for terrorist activities but president biden said it was important in answering history's call.
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officials hearsay military aid is ready to go with weapons now expected to reach the battlefield in less than a week. just on that point, we do understand that there are some weapons, especially munitions, that are ready to go very soon. they are stalled in parts of europe. president biden will want to get this done asap. he has been waiting for this moment for some time now. indeed. and, of course, a lot of this was also on the speaker of this was also on the speaker of the house of representatives, mikejohnson, who ended up in the end pushing the vote through after many months where you had a lot of republicans you know, i mean, not a lot but a significant number of them is resisting. that's right. he had a change of heart, i think it's worth mentioning. fauma president donald trump gave him a vote of confidence. mrtrump donald trump gave him a vote of confidence. mr trump has not said much about the bill so far, i suspect he has got biggerfish to fry
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far, i suspect he has got bigger fish to fry at the moment with his first criminal trial under way in new york, but we will see what happens to the speaker because there are members of the republican party, more to the far right, who are furious at what happened. you saw report congresswoman marjorie taylor greene threatening to now oust him. whether or not it happens, we will see but remember it's an election year so do the republicans want more chaos this year, as we saw at the time when kevin mccarthy was ousted? but it was a big move by mrjohnson, who has been praised by the democratic party and they are like a fort there are of course some republicans who want to be happy about this —— there are some of course republicans. abs, -- there are some of course republicans-_ -- there are some of course republicans. a lot going on in concress republicans. a lot going on in congress over— republicans. a lot going on in congress over night _ republicans. a lot going on in congress over night of- republicans. a lot going on in congress over night of course | congress over night of course and another development that's important to discuss is that ban on tiktok, or the plan, certainly, not a lot of members of congress who have been pushing for that social media site tiktok to be banned. yeah,
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there were _ site tiktok to be banned. yeah, there were several _ site tiktok to be banned. yeah, there were several bills - site tiktok to be banned. yeah, there were several bills being . there were several bills being proposed and tiktok was part of a fourth bell, a grab bag of policies and sort of snuck in and i think there was a feeling by simply members of the republican party but if they put it in, it would get a top—down vote from congress —— fourth bill. president biden has indicated if it does land on his desk, he will sign it but it's hugely controversial. there are millions of americans who are on tiktok and i've met many who have been protesting outside the white house certainly during the time when this bill was being proposed who said this isn'tjust some up who said this isn'tjust some up to have fun on, my on there, my livelihood is on the and it's how i make money —— some app. so they are very angry that this could potentially be banned. it has a few sort of clauses in it, however, the bill. what will happen really if it does pass is the president biden will give the
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company the opportunity to sell off to someone else or be banned, so there will be some stages there, but it is seen as a pretty controversial bill, especially as far as the american public go. and before ou to, american public go. and before you go. one — american public go. and before you go, one more _ american public go. and before you go, one more question i american public go. and before you go, one more question on. you go, one more question on that — is a soul in an election year and the irony maybe you've even seen president biden joint clock in recent months. —— joined tiktok. clock in recent months. -- joined tiktok.— clock in recent months. -- joined tiktok. it's it's come u - , joined tiktok. it's it's come u, his up, his —— ourthing if you up, his —— our thing if you are telling us tiktok is unsafe, and that's the argument made by lawmakers, they are not convinced the data you put on tiktok isn't sent off to the chinese government — something tiktok completely denies — and why are you on tiktok? so it's seen as hugely hypocritical, of course. but we will see how far it gets, as as i say, there are a few stages in the bill so it may not be outright banned.— in the bill so it may not be outright banned. nomia iqbal with the latest _ outright banned. nomia iqbal with the latest from - with the latest from washington, thank you.
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more to —— more about congress in a second. some breaking news first. police in the city of memphis in tennessee say that at least two people have been killed and 14 others injured in a shooting. they say it happened at a block party in the city. three of the injured are believed to be in a critical condition. we'll bring you more on that breaking story when we get it. at the same time as the ukraine vote, the us house of representatives overwhelmingly approved a military assistance package for israel. it comes as there have been more israeli air strikes in rafah, in the south of the territory. this is the moment an israeli air strike hit rafah on saturday. there were more air strikes overnight, when nine people — including at least four children — were killed after their homes were hit. the israeli war cabinet has been planning a large offensive against hamas in rafah, which is where
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an estimated 1.5 million displaced palestinians are sheltering. the us and other allies have warned israel against a full—scale assault on the city. rafah isn't the only city to come under attack — israel has carried out air strikes across the strip, these images show the entrance of the al aqsa hospital in central gaza, where many of the injured or dead were taken. one of the main un agencies responsible for getting aid to palestinians, the united nations relief and works agency, is warning that the risk of disease is increasing across gaza because of the lack of sanitation and aid. our correspondent injerusalem, wyre davies, reports. the effect of six months of war has created a humanitarian crisis in gaza and amid the ruins of conflict in some areas, aid is now getting through and can make the difference between surviving or dying of hunger. a flower delivery organised by the world
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food programme allowed this bakery in gaza city to reopen for the first time since the war began —— flour. translation: war began -- flour. translation: ., , , translation: finally there is something _ translation: finally there is something to _ translation: finally there is something to eat. _ translation: finally there is something to eat. you i translation: finally there is something to eat. you can i translation: finally there is something to eat. you can go| translation: finally there is | something to eat. you can go to the bakery and buy bread. a few days ago, it was hard. you are looking forward, flower, and could not find anything to the children. �* ., could not find anything to the children. ., ., , children. but for most gazans, the brutal _ children. but for most gazans, the brutal reality _ children. but for most gazans, the brutal reality of _ children. but for most gazans, the brutal reality of war i children. but for most gazans, the brutal reality of war is i children. but for most gazans, the brutal reality of war is a i the brutal reality of war is a constant companion. at the hospital in rafah, parents and siblings console each other after several civilians, including children, were reported killed in overnight air strikes. reported killed in overnight airstrikes. frontage reported killed in overnight air strikes. frontage accent aircraft stuck dozens of terror strikes but among the targets he said was military infrastructure, compounds and armed terrorists. us has repeatedly urged israel not to launch what is expected to be a major offensive in rafah. brute major offensive in rafah. we cannot major offensive in rafah. - cannot support a major military operation in rafah. we believe
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that a major military operation with a large presence of civilian population would have terrible consequences for that population. terrible consequences for that population-— terrible consequences for that --oulation. ~ ., , ., , ., population. words that seem to have little impact _ population. words that seem to have little impact on _ population. words that seem to have little impact on benjamin l have little impact on benjamin netanyahu. he has repeatedly said the offensive in rafah must happen. if the masses to be defeated and hostages released. for most gazans, survival is still a daily struggle. retrieving food parcels from the sea after an air drop shows how chaotic the delivery of aid often is. as agencies warn other humanitarian crisis. wyre davis, bbc news, jerusalem. with me now is said shehata from bbc arabic. quite a lot to unpick there. firstly, let's talk about this funding that the us congress has passed. there's been a lot of conversation in recent weeks about us funding israel's military operations, in some
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way, and now they've increased the funding? it way, and now they've increased the funding?— the funding? it was passed by the house _ the funding? it was passed by the house of _ the funding? it was passed by the house of representatives| the house of representatives and is going to the senate but it would be passed but the majority are democrats there. it was received differently in israel and in palestinian territory. in israel, netanyahu says this demonstrates the support of america to israel. in its defence, the western civilisation and they think america for that. the same was repeated by the minister of defence in israel who said it is a clear message to our enemy. on the other hand, the spokesperson of bakhmut bus has said —— abbas says it gives them a green light to broaden them a green light to broaden the conflict in the region and will undermine the stability in the region and globally and he said all that will do is add to
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the casualties which according to the palestinian health ministry in gaza, 34,000 now. so it was received differently and i think it is more or less and i think it is more or less a prize for israel because inaudible strong way to a renia attack to israel and listening to american support and preparing for the rafah operation, so this aid will help israel to carry on its mission, according to mr netanyahu.— mission, according to mr netanyahu. mission, according to mr netan ahu. �* , ., ., netanyahu. and yet, you do have israel's allies _ netanyahu. and yet, you do have israel's allies including _ netanyahu. and yet, you do have israel's allies including the i israel's allies including the us urging mr netanyahu not to launch the full—scale offensive in rifai? launch the full-scale offensive in rifai? , , , , launch the full-scale offensive in rifai? , , ,, ., in rifai? there is pressure on mr netanyahu _ in rifai? there is pressure on mr netanyahu not _ in rifai? there is pressure on mr netanyahu not to - in rifai? there is pressure on mr netanyahu not to do i in rifai? there is pressure on mr netanyahu not to do that. however, it's in the intentions the of —— the intentions of netanyahu because to achieve what he called complete victory over hamas, we need to go to rafah because there are many tunnels and many militants
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there. however, unintellgible bureau of hamas in turkey met with the president of turkey and other officials and said clearly we mourn israel are doing military operation in rafah and we would be ready to fight them and he also talks about the negotiations because if there is no deal there will be no unintelligible -- if there is no deal there will be no unintelligible —— warn israel. he said we tried several times with israel to include russia and turkey to be beside qatar, egypt and the us as a guarantee for unintelligible between them and insisted the condition of hamas would not have changed like with unintelligible from gaza the humanitarian of the people from refugees to the north of gaza and ceasefire so there is insistent from hamas to do that. �* ., r' insistent from hamas to do that. �* . ,, insistent from hamas to do that. �* ., i. ., that. and let me ask you from this, another— that. and let me ask you from this, another thing _ that. and let me ask you from this, another thing we've i this, another thing we've reported on is the warnings from the un relief and works
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agency, the made agency that supports palestinians in that area. really, concerned about the growing famine —— the aid agency. the growing famine -- the aid auen . �* , ., the growing famine -- the aid auen . f ., , agency. it's a problem. under warnin: agency. it's a problem. under warning about _ agency. it's a problem. under warning about the _ agency. it's a problem. under warning about the famine. i agency. it's a problem. under warning about the famine. --| warning about the famine. —— unwra. some families only get one meal over two days in the situation in northern gaza is severe and some aid recently went onto equipment but not enough and in buffer and a dozen areas of there is a famine looming over gaza and there is urgent need and the only to achieve that and the other way to deliver is in a ceasefire ——an in rafah. the resistance built to be able to have an offensive ground offensive in rafah could be difficult to deliver aid and the aid would be limited as the casualties, more than 34,000, more like 75,000 injured and the hospitals cannot cope and
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the hospitals cannot cope and the food, as you know, the families unintelligible the only way the united states and other countries ceasefire talking about a deal, this will the best way to achieve like a peaceful and delivery for aid to unintelligible people in rafah and gaza areas. it rafah and gaza areas. it certainly the view of the un. thank you very much. let's get some of the day's other news now. the us secretary of state antony blinken is travelling to china next week, where he's expected to urge beijing to end its military support for russia. the us state department says mr blinken will also discuss the conflict in myanmar with chinese officials. the venezuelan president nicolas maduro has accused the united states of failing to respect its promise to lift all of what he called the "criminal sanctions" imposed against his country if caracas opened up the electoral process. his remarks followed washington's announcement that it had resumed the sanctions earlier this week. the people of the maldives are voting today in parliamentary elections just months after presidential polls put
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a pro—china politician in office as head of state. the archipelago's current parliament is dominated by a pro—india party, whose legislators have tried to thwart some of president mohamed muizzu's efforts to realign the country's diplomacy in beijing's direction. thousands of people have taken to the streets of the canary islands to protest against the impact of mass tourism. they say too many visitors are damaging the environment and pricing locals out of the housing market. there are now calls for the spanish government, to limit the number of visitors, as simonjones reports. in the baking spanish heat, that helped bring in 16 million visitors to the canaries last year, local people are hot under the collar. the message from tenerife — —— tourism has gone too far. from tenerife - -- tourism has gone too far-— gone too far. the canary islands _ gone too far. the canary islands as _ gone too far. the canary islands as enough i gone too far. the canary islands as enough is i gone too far. the canary i islands as enough is enough. they have a limit. our resources and population cannot
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take anymore. the environment is continuing to deteriorate and residents are suffering as well. ., , ., ., , , , well. the demonstrators insist the are well. the demonstrators insist they are not — well. the demonstrators insist they are not against _ well. the demonstrators insist they are not against tourism i they are not against tourism itself, it is vital for the economies of the island, they want controls. there is particular concern about the supply of water in such a dry climate and they claim there's too much on building hotels rather than local housing. making the area increasingly unaffordable for residents. some of the international headlines over the last couple of weeks may have led people to think that local canary and businesses don't want to wrists anymore and that's not the case but what they're saying is the of tourism, whether tourism profits are reinvested, but needs to change and it needs to benefit the local economy and local infrastructure more —— canarian. local infrastructure more -- canarian— canarian. beaches are particularly _ canarian. beaches are particularly popular i canarian. beaches are l particularly popular with canarian. beaches are i particularly popular with the brits and the authorities in the canaries stress they remain open for business. the spanish government admitted about finding the right balance so holidays can continue
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harmoniously. simon jones, bbc news. the outgoing head of the uk government's climate change watchdog says rishi sunak has set back the cause of tackling global warming in britain. chris stark, from the climate change committee, told the bbc he didn't think the prime minister had made it a priority and is risking the uk falling behind other countries in the battle against global warming. here's justin rowlatt. we had a stark reminder of the impact of climate change this week — a warning that the world's coral reefs were at risk of dying because of a global bleaching event caused by exceptionally high sea temperatures. it comes as the head of the government watchdog on climate change had some stern words for the prime minister. the reason? in the autumn, rishi sunak delayed a ban on petrol and diesel cars and watered—down targets for phasing out gas boilers. we seem to have defaulted to an approach which will impose unacceptable costs on hard—pressed british families — costs that no—one was ever really told about.
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here is what mr stark had to say about that. i think it set us back. so, i think we have moved from a position where we were really at the forefront, pushing ahead as quickly as we could on something that i believe to be fundamental to the uk economy, fundamentally beneficial to the people living in this country, whether you care about the climate or not. a government spokesperson said the uk was the first major economy to halve greenhouse gas emissions since 1990, and said that record speaks for itself. and mr stark was critical of other parties, too. he said politicians across the political spectrum had a collective fear of talking about climate and he said he was desperately disappointed by the snp government in edinburgh's decision to drop a key carbon cutting target this week. "the targets were overambitious right from the start," said mr stark. the scottish green party is to vote on whether to leave
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its coalition with the snp in response. today, the snp said it would form a minority government if the greens do pull out. an snp spokesperson told the bbc it remained steadfast in its commitment to reaching net zero by 2045. mr stark is standing down at the end of this month after six years at the climate change committee. he says his fear is that without stronger support from politicians, climate denial could creep into the uk debate. justin rowlatt, bbc news. she may be a tortured poet but she's most definitely a pop music sensation. taylor swift is breaking all sorts of records with her latest album, the tortured poets department. it became the most—streamed album in a single day on spotify and amazon music with taylor also becoming the most streamed artist in a day on spotify. let's speak to annie zaleski, an author and journalist based in cleveland, ohio.
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welcome to bbc news. what do you make of all of this and what do you make of the album? i really like the album a lot, actually. it's an interesting work because it's very moody and introspective. ithink work because it's very moody and introspective. i think very different from the mood of the errors too. and honestly i'm gobsmacked that she gets more popular. —— eras tour. i didn't think she could get any more popular after selling out millions of tickets on the eras tour and who popularity keeps growing. it tour and who popularity keeps iirowin, ,., tour and who popularity keeps curowin. , ,., ., growing. it spans all age groups- _ growing. it spans all age groups- i _ growing. it spans all age groups. i have _ growing. it spans all age groups. i have friends i growing. it spans all age groups. i have friends in| growing. it spans all age i groups. i have friends in their 50s who i've got tickets to go and see her in the summer and i also know my niece and her friends are desperate to get tickets. why do you think she has this, such a broad appeal? there's a lot of people who have grown up with her so there's a lot of people who have just become parents now, maybe they are in their 30s and 40s and i kind of the original swifties who are now kind of passing the love onto their
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kids but i think what i like about her songs is that even as you get older, they make you remember what you are like as a kid, they ring back good moments from your youth too. i think they're all very relatable songs. all of us have had terrible relationships and all of us updated the wrong people but all of us have found true love or still wish for it to and that really kind of transcends age.- to and that really kind of transcends age. that really is the theme — transcends age. that really is the theme of _ transcends age. that really is the theme of her— transcends age. that really is the theme of her latest i transcends age. that really is i the theme of her latest album, isn't it? tell us about how, amazingly —— how amazingly it has been doing. we mentioned the spotify record. it’s has been doing. we mentioned the spotify record.— the spotify record. it's been streamed — the spotify record. it's been streamed under _ the spotify record. it's been streamed under believable l streamed under believable amounts in the us, it sold i think1.4 amounts in the us, it sold i think 1.4 million copies in its first day alone which is just amazing in an age where the party line is that albums don't sell anymore and really, really sort of transcends that and i think just a sort of transcends that and i thinkjust a frenzy, you know? all of the people who stayed up late to listen to the record as soon as it dropped and then when the second part of it
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dropped, they were all still awake. a lot of very tired people on friday!- awake. a lot of very tired people on friday! what next? she has a _ people on friday! what next? she has a big _ people on friday! what next? she has a big tour _ people on friday! what next? she has a big tour coming i people on friday! what next? | she has a big tour coming up? absolutely, she is continuing the eras tour and i think it is a big mystery. my question is whether or not she will incorporate some of these songs into the new show and if so, what might look like? this guy is kind of the limit for her. thank you so much —— the sky. annie zaleski. two ukrainian soldiers who lost their limbs on the battlefield are running in the london marathon. 28—year—old oleksiy has a prosthetic leg and 32—year—old heorgiy has lost his arm. after lengthy rehabilitation, they are ready to run for 42km to raise money for charity helping amputees. both say they want to show unbreakable ukrainian spirit and encourage injured servicemen to continue living full lives. we wish them and all the others
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running the london marathon today the very best. you can of course, if you are in the uk, watch the marathon on bbc one and we will have updates on that and all of the rest of the day news here on bbc news. plenty more on our website. stay with us. we will be back in a short while. hello there. it's been a chilly start to the weekend. we've got some cold weather overnight where we have the clearer skies. temperatures may be a bit higher in scotland, mind you, because we've seen this cloud moving down from the north and we'll continue to see a bit of light rain or drizzle on that weak weather front there as it runs into our area of high pressure. now, in between those two weatherfronts, the potential for some slightly warmer air across scotland where we get some sunshine, and particularly northern ireland. but for england and wales, we're still in the cold air, so it's not going to be too hot for the runners in the london marathon.
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it should stay dry. there will be a cool northeasterly breeze and a top temperature of 11 or 12 degrees. we will see some cloud developing in east anglia and the southeast that could bring the odd light shower here and there. otherwise, some sunny spells for other parts of england and wales. plenty of sunshine for northern ireland. much more cloud in scotland. we've got this rain and drizzle in the east pushing into the far north of england, pegging temperatures back here. a little bit warmer in western scotland where we've got some brighter skies, but the highest temperatures are going to be inland in northern ireland — a pleasant 17 or 18 degrees. the centre of the high pressure is just getting pushed towards the west of the uk. it allows these weather fronts to take the cloud and rain southwards, and this time, we've got a cloudy picture on monday. we're going to find some rain and drizzle at times for england and wales. it should turn drier and brighter with some sunshine in northern scotland. it may stay dry in northern ireland but we've got more cloud around on monday. there is still some semblance of some warmer air in western scotland and northern ireland but it's pretty cold elsewhere, particularly so across the southeast of england after a chilly night, and that cloud then coming
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in over the top. and that cloud continues to push its way southwards, together with those weather fronts, and with the high out towards the west, we're left with a northerly breeze again on tuesday. still a bit of patchy light rain or drizzle to clear in the south. otherwise, that northerly wind will bring a lot of cloud to eastern areas and maybe the odd shower near the coast. but out to the west, this is where we've got the best of the sunshine and those temperatures getting up to 13, maybe 14 degrees but particularly cold across the eastern side of the uk — 8—10 celsius here. now, when's it going to warm up? well, no time soon. it looks like through the rest of the week, we're still in this colder airand, ifanything, with the pressure tending to fall, there's a risk of a bit more rain as well.
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this is bbc news. the headlines: president volodymyr zelensky says he's grateful to the us house of representatives for passing a $61 billion military assistance package for ukraine after months of delays in washington. mr zelensky said thousands of lives would be saved and both ukraine and the united states would emerge stronger. at the same time as the ukraine vote, the us house of representatives overwhelmingly approved packages of military assistance for israel and for taiwan, as well as humanitarian aid for gaza, haiti and other war—torn regions. israel's prime minister said the bill was "much appreciated"
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and would "defend western civilization". in spain, tens of thousands of people have been demonstrating across the canary islands against a model of mass tourism they say is harming both the environment and conditions for locals. the demonstrators want limits on tourist numbers and more say on what they see as uncontrolled development. now on bbc news, it's click. this week, lara looks at the elemental solution to cleaning up carbon emissions from aircraft. we travel to the remote faroe islands to look
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