accumulations with the darkest blues and greens through northern ireland and greens through northern ireland and into south west scotland, perhaps through the weekend we could see as much as 50 100 millimetres of rain. the rain has already arrived and it may well be here for quite some time. you can see heavier pulses pushing into western scotland and northern ireland, so that s going to stay out of the west through the night tonight. a few scattered showers further south and as we go into saturday morning it looks likely that we will continue to see that rain certainly it s going to be quite a nuisance. elsewhere it will be sunny spells and scattered showers. some of the showers could be heavy but some of you actually will miss the showers, keep the sunshine and just like today, you will get some warmth. top temperatures around 2a celsius, the low slips a bit further south and west. the wind squeezed together overnight into sunday and that will kick another weather front out
hello and welcome to bbc news. after weeks of debate, voting has closed in the conservative party leadership race. after 2 months of campaigning, and 8 initial candidates whittled down to 2, we ll find out on monday whether liz truss or rishi sunak has been chosen by party members to be the next leader and so prime minister. here s our political correspondent ben wright: after a long, rancorous campaign, it s now time to count the ballots. just 160,000 tory party members are picking their next leader, the next prime minister. and the challenges facing them are huge. they were spelt out today by the current chancellor. he is backing liz truss, presumed frontrunner. there are no easy options. we have war on our continent. we havejust come through a pandemic. but this economy is resilient. how will they handle soaring inflation? i borisjohnson s ejection from office injuly triggered a stampede of wannabe successors. tory mps had the job of picking two final candidates. sunak,
to the island after fleeing abroad in the face of massive anti government protests. and spectators gather in rwanda for its annual gorilla naming ceremony. hello, and welcome. it s good to have your company. the russian energy giant gazprom says it has scrapped plans to reopen a key gas pipeline to europe. the company claims it can t restart nordstream one because of an oil leak in a turbine, and that it will remain closed for an indefinite period. that will have implications for europe s energy supply this winter. the pipeline has already been completely shut for three days. moscow denies weaponising energy supplies in retaliation for western sanctions. but that s not how the move has been seen in european capitals, the president of the european council took to twitter to express his disapointment. charles michel said. before going on to say. the bbc s economics editor faisal islam explained more about what russian gas giant gasprom has been saying. let me show you a map of
torres feared the voters have more household help us in provided. the telegraph says the front runner may set out her plans to tackle the energy crisis on day one according to that paper. she is the headline on most of the papers on saturday. meanwhile, the times covers russian president putin cutting off a major european gas pipeline indefinitely which he blames on an an oil leak. none of the papers seemed very convinced by that explanation. the ft reports on how the world s leading economies, the g7, have agreed on a russian oil price cap in an attempt to curb moscow s ability to finance the war in ukraine. back here, the express headline tories put on war footing for snap election political strategists view october it means october 2023 rather than december 2024, which is the last possible day for a general election. the guardian quotes the police chief s criticism of liz truss crime policies, labelling them unwise and meaningless. and the daily mail asks mps to end
in the country s history. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are baroness ros altmann, former pensions minister in david cameron s conservative government, and the broadcaster penny smith. hi there. lovely to see you. the daily mirror leads with cctv footage of a gunman fleeing after the fatal shooting of olivia pratt korbel. merseyside police say the shooter used two guns in the attack that killed the nine year old. the daily mail suggests a leading qc, lord pinnock, will say the way mps are conducting an inquiry into borisjohnson and partygate, risks damaging democracy. the prime minister is being investigated by the commons privileges committee, over whether he misled parliament over gatherings in number ten during lockdown. the guardian says two out of three police forces in england and wales are experiencing rising gun crime, according to the home office. job vacancies in the health service make the front of the i