Time for a look at the weather with Alina Jenkins. If you like your weather warm and sunny, you might like the end of this forecast, if you like it wet, you might prefer this afternoon. Some others have sunshine today across parts of south east england and east anglia, but for many it is cloudy and windy, it is very wet across scotland. That is extending into Northern Ireland and Northern England, courtesy of a frontal system that will be hanging around for a few days. Not only is it wet but it is quite windy. The heaviest of the rain is continuing across the western side of scotland, also pushing into Northern Ireland and Northern England, may be part of north wales and the midlands by the end of the afternoon. Lots of clouds ahead the best of the sunshine continues across the far east of east anglia and south east england, where we have the highest temperatures, but in the clouds, wind and rain, temperatures will struggle to get about 17 or 18. Strong winds across parts of Northern I
The spread of coronavirus in the lancashire city. The department of health says the r number the rate that coronavirus is being transmitted in the community has risen slightly in the uk to between 0. 8 and 1. More countries could be added to the travel quarantine list, warns the government, after belgium and the bahamas were added last night. The leader of hezbollah categorically denies storing arms at the site of tuesdays blast in beirut. The met Office Records the hottest august day since 2003, with temperatures reaching 36. 4 degrees at heathrow and kew gardens. 0ur breaking news this hour an air india jet with 191 passengers has reportedly split in two, after crash landing at Calicut Airport in Southern India after arriving from dubai. A spokesman for air india said several passengers have been injured, after the expressjet overshot the runway as it landed. It was a flight being operated by Indias National carrier, air india, as part of the countrys Repatriation Mission for indians
A conservative mp and former minister has been bailed by the metropolitan police after being arrested on suspicion of rape. A former parliamentary employee has accused the mp of rape, Sexual Assault and coercive control. Our Political Correspondent Tony Bonsignore gave us this update earlier. The allegations were made by a former parliamentary employee. According to the sunday times, she alleges that an mp assaulted her, forced her to have sex and left her so traumatised she had to go to hospital. Shes accusing him of rape, Sexual Assault and coersive control. We had a statement from the metropolitan police, they say that on friday the 31st ofjuly, they received allegations relating to four separate incidents involving allegations of Sexual Offences and assault. These offences are alleged to have occurred at addresses in westminster, lambeth and hackney between july last year and january this year. A man in his 50s was arrested on saturday the 1st of august on suspicion of rape, hes be
Hello, im kasia madera, welcome to outside source. The entire lebanese government resigns as protests continue in beirut, after last weeks catastrophic explosion. Well have the reaction from the ground. Those protesters are very cynical that even getting rid of this government will make any difference to lebanon and bring accountability for that deadly explosion. In hong kong, pro democracy activist and media tycoon, jimmy lai, is detained the highest profile arrest yet under chinas security law. And in belarus, the clashes continue between police and protesters angry at sundays disputed president ial poll. Welcome. We start in lebanon, where just a few hours ago, the entire government resigned. The Prime Minister hassan diab made the announcement. He said the country is facing a massive catastrophe, as well as economic and social collapse. The catalyst for the mass resignation was last tuesdays explosion in beirut, which killed more than 200 people. Thousands are injured and many are
Known bbc news, its time for hardtalk dash now on bbc news. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. In some countries, the coronavirus pandemic has enhanced unity and solidarity. In others, it has exposed deep fault lines. In india, its the poor Migrant Workers whove been hardest hit by the crisis, which has also seen heightened tensions between the hindu majority and the muslim minority. My guest today is the general secretary of the ruling hindu nationalist bjp party, ram madhav. Is Prime Minister modi stoking intercommunal tensions even in this time of National Emergency . Ram madhav in delhi, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Let us begin with the coronavirus situation in your country. Officials in your government have proclaimed the success of your lockdown policy, have pointed to a relatively low number of deaths, but right now, we see the curve the infection rate curve in india seems to be rising, and rising alarmingly. Do you think your government has been complacent . We are 15