plenty of sunshine across the northern and western areas of the uk. and again, it's probably west scotland through the central belt into northern ireland and western fringes of england, wales, that will do the best for the temperatures. highs probably reaching 16 or 17, but cold for eastern scotland, central and eastern parts of england once again. now for wednesday, probably a bit more cloud coming in off the north sea, maybe bringing a few patches of rain, the winds a bit stronger as well. so that will make its impact felt across the east coast of scotland and england. temperatures nine degrees, but with those winds, it will feel cooler than that. again, some of the highest temperatures and some of the sunniest weather will be out west. now, heading towards the end of the week and into the weekend, it looks like we will see something of a change in that an area of low pressure looks set to move up from the south. so, this is going to be bringing more general outbreaks of rain. so for those that have got quite chilly weather at the moment,

we're swapping the chilly weather for wet weather as we go into the weekend. maybe something drier and warmer next month.

welcome to newsday, i'm steve lai reporting live from singapore. the headlines... prosecutors say donald trump engaged in �*election fraud' by paying hush money to a pawn star before the 2016 presidential election — at the first ever criminal trial of a former us president. these arejoe biden trials. this is done as election interference. everybody knows it. i'm here instead of being able to be in pennsylvania and georgia, and lots of other places campaigning. in london — a late night showdown between mps and peers over the government's safety of rwanda bill. at least four people are killed and thousands are forced to leave their homes, after flooding and landslides

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