top story that being fitches downgraded the us credit rating from triple a two double a class and you can see markets, this is impact on trade in asia and likely to be felt on wall street as the day progresses around the world. that is all for me from now, i will see you very soon. wet and windy weather on the way for wednesday. more on that in a second. but first of all, we start off with the news that for northern ireland, we ve had the wettestjuly on record, with over double the averagejuly rainfall. those records go back to 1836. it was also the wettestjuly on record for greater manchester, merseyside and lancashire as well. now, we ve got more rain to come through wednesday. this area of low pressure continues to strengthen and we re going to see a swathe of particularly strong winds just running to the south of this hook of cloud you can see just here. now, that is going to be working into the south west of the uk, but already those winds are picking up across
wet and windy weather on the way for wednesday. more on that in a second. but first of all, we start off with the news that for northern ireland, we ve had the wettestjuly on record, with over double the averagejuly rainfall. those records go back to 1836. it was also the wettestjuly on record for greater manchester, merseyside and lancashire as well. now, we ve got more rain to come through wednesday. this area of low pressure continues to strengthen and we re going to see a swathe of particularly strong winds just running to the south of this hook of cloud you can see just here. now, that is going to be working into the south west of the uk, but already those winds are picking up across south west england, across southern parts of wales, as our band of rain gets driven northwards and eastwards across much of the country. and, ok, it s going to be a mild start to the day on wednesday, but those winds will continue to strengthen during the first part of the morning. the windiest weathe
really interesting insights into the political ramifications of all of this. robert costa, cbs chief election and campaign correspondence, great to have you, as always. thanks for watching. i m sumi somaskanda in washington. stay with us here on bbc news. wet and windy weather on the way for wednesday. more on that in a second. but first of all, we start off with the news that for northern ireland, we ve had the wettestjuly on record, with over double the averagejuly rainfall. those records go back to 1836. it was also the wettestjuly on record for greater manchester, merseyside and lancashire as well. now, we ve got more rain to come through wednesday. this area of low pressure continues to strengthen and we re going to see a swathe of particularly strong winds just running to the south of this hook of cloud you can see just here. now, that is going to be working into the south west of the uk, but already those winds
we have got the top business stories here next. i have to say the us is dominating today. we will be unpacking the news from the global ratings agency fitch, it has downgraded the world s biggest economy. what is it concerned about, we will talk about that and the other top business stories, next. wet and windy weather on the way for wednesday. more on that in a second. but first of all, we start off with the news that for northern ireland, we ve had the wettestjuly on record, with over double the averagejuly rainfall. those records go back to 1836. it was also the wettestjuly on record for greater manchester, merseyside and lancashire as well. now, we ve got more rain to come through wednesday. this area of low pressure continues to strengthen and we re going to see a swathe of particularly strong winds just running to the south of this hook of cloud you can see just here. now, that is going to be working into the south west of the uk, but already those winds
thank you so much, stephen. wet and windy weather on the way for wednesday. more on that in a second. but first of all, we start off with the news that for northern ireland, we ve had the wettestjuly on record, with over double the averagejuly rainfall. those records go back to 1836. it was also the wettestjuly on record for greater manchester, merseyside and lancashire as well. now, we ve got more rain to come through wednesday. this area of low pressure continues to strengthen and we re going to see a swathe of particularly strong winds just running to the south of this hook of cloud you can see just here. now, that is going to be working into the south west of the uk, but already those winds are picking up across south west england, across southern parts of wales, as our band of rain gets driven northwards and eastwards across much of the country. and, ok, it s going to be a mild start to the day on wednesday, but those winds will continue to strengthen during the first part of the