so some torrential thundery downpour is likely first thing tomorrow morning. they will gradually drift away by lunchtime leaving a legacy of cloud perhaps the many. but then dryer and brighter conditions. a little bit more comfortable tomorrow, we are starting to lose that humidity. 15 to 23 degrees. another weather front bushing and on friday, this one a bit of a nuisance, some showers before a little bump of high pressure builds behind. friday is a really messy story, there will be some showers around, will cloud the further north and west, dry with some sunshine out to the east and in terms of the feel of things, may be a degree also warmer once again. 25 degrees that is 77 fahrenheit, we are looking at 18 to 20 where those showers. looking at 18 20 where the showers linger. it is a bank holiday, so northern ireland for northern ireland, england, and wales, and dry and settled and sunny once again, but a bit fresher and certainly not as humid as it has been. thanks, lou
with the latest. also in the programme: in the uk, police in liverpool arrest a man who was targeted by a gunman in a shooting that left a 9 year old girl dead. and we ll be live from florida where democrats have picked charlie crist to take on republican heavyweight ron desantis in the upcoming race for governor. we start in ukraine, which is marking two important dates. six months since the start of the russian invasion and 31 years since its independence, after the fall of the soviet union. this is in the ukrainian capital. while traditionally we d see a military parade today there are ukrainian tanks and seized russian military hardware on display. and we saw the ukrainian president and the first lady laying flowers at the wall of remembrance in kyiv honouring those killed defending the country. here s mr zelensky. translation: we only care about our land, we will fight for it until the end. we have been holding strong for six months. it s tough but we have clenched
welcome to the programme. exactly six months ago, vladimir putin ordered his army to invade ukraine. it was a decision that not only unleashed the biggest war in europe since world war ii, but it also turned the world on its head. thousands of ukrainians and russian soldiers have been killed in the fighting. today, in ukraine, it is independence day. normally, there would be parades and celebrations marking 31 years of freedom from soviet rule. but not today, it s not safe. and in the past 6 months, russia has clawed away at ukraine s freedom. this was the map of ukraine on february 24th. russian backed separatists already held significant territory in the eastern regions of donetsk and luhansk and moscow controlled the annexed crimean peninsula. this is how things stand now. russian forces control large parts of the south of the country, all of the luhansk region and continue to make advances in donetsk. but there is still the threat of danger, everywhere in the country and