you can see how widespread average temperatures have been. temperatures way above where they should be and not just way above where they should be and notjust by day but also through the night. take a look at the uk first thing this morning, the second column is the average overnight low so you can just see how incredibly mild it was first thing this morning and that mild air is going to stay with us for the remainder of the day. not as wet as yesterday, still some rain around across southern scotland. western fringes seeing some showers. cloud the channel coasts producing some drizzle. sheltered eastern areas having the best of any brightness. a blustery afternoon with gusts of wind up to 40 afternoon with gusts of wind up to a0 miles an hour on land. temperatures will peak at around 15 degrees. not surprising when you saw those temperatures first thing this morning. 0vernight tonight the cloud and rain tends to fizzle away and we will see clearer skies so that allows temper
fails to elect a speaker in its opening session. no persons having received a majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. and a mountain and a ski lift, but where s the snow? the record mild temperatures affecting europe s winter sports. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. russia s defence ministry says officials will be held accountable after ukrainian forces located and destroyed an army barracks in the occupied town of makiivka, killing dozens of troops. russia now says 89 people were killed. ukraine says the number was much higher. russia says the unauthorised use of mobile phones by russian troops allowed ukraine to target its troops because they were able to use the signal to find the soldiers location. here s some more of the russian military statememt. translation: circumstances of the incident are currently being investigated, but it is already obvious that the main reason, despite the restri
and fay weldon, the writer best known for her 1983 novel, the life and loves of a she devil has died at the age of 91. the prime minister, rishi sunak, has set out his programme for the year ahead, outlining five promises he says he wants the public tojudge his premiership on. they are halving inflation to ease the cost of living whilst also growing the economy, creating better paid jobs and opportunities across the country. he wants to ensure the national debt is falling to secure the future of public services whilst also cutting nhs waiting lists so that people get the care they need more quickly and passing new laws to stop small boats crossing the channel. he asked voters to judge his premiership on whether the goals were achieved. on the current wave of strikes in britain, he said he hugely valued public service employees and wants a reasonable discussion on what is fair for the country . let s have a listen to some of the prime minister s speech. i want to make five
of newjersey christine todd whitman and miles taylor who served in the trump administration as chief of staff at homeland security. welcome to the programme: there was a moment this afternoon when the website, flightradar, crashed because so many people were following the progress of a plane that was tracking a circuitous route from malaysia to taiwan. and that is because flight spar 19, was carrying nancy pelosi, house speaker, and the highest ranking us visitor to taiwan, in some 25 years. she landed safelyjust after 11pm, accompanied by a senior delegation of house committee chairmen, in defiance of escalating chinese threats. just after landing, the washington post published the speakers opinion piece, in which she explains some of her thinking. in the face of the chinese communist party s that might be the official white house position, but at such a delicate moment in us china relations, the pentagon was not in favour of the visit. remember china views taiwan as a brea